142677 - --disable-ipv6 doesn't work on AIX

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(NSPR :: NSPR, defect)

Description

[Wan-Teh Chang]

On AIX, USE_IPV6 is set to 1 by default.  It is not
possible to unset USE_IPV6 by passing --disable-ipv6
to mozilla/nsprpub/configure.

Comment 1

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Attachment: Proposed patch. Also remove _aix32in6.cfg.

I also found that it is no longer necessary to have
two separate files _aix32.cfg and _aix32in6.cfg, so
I remove _aix32in6.cfg and keep _aix32.cfg.

Comment 2

[Philip K. Warren]

wtc: This patch works fine for me on AIX 4.3.3. I used it in my Mozilla 1.0rc2
build, and it works as expected.

Comment 3

[Jim Dunn]

*** Bug 139449 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Wan-Teh Chang]

I must clarify that the --disable-ipv6 option is for
NSPR *developers*.  NSPR *clients* should not configure
NSPR with the --disable-ipv6 option.  If the
--disable-ipv6 option is specified, the NSPR build is
nonstandard and will not be supported by the NSPR group.

Comment 5

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Patch checked into the tip and NSPRPUB_PRE_4_2_CLIENT_BRANCH
of NSPR.

Note that the correct fix for the slow IPv6 DNS problem on AIX
is in bug 144886.  Do not solve that problem by configuring
NSPR with --disable-ipv6.  Please apply the patch in bug 144886.