Re: [pcp] IPv6 For libpcp_pmda

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

----- Original Message -----
> On 05/13/2013 11:52 PM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> >
> > The PMDA/PMCD relationship is quite a bit different to the client/pmcd
> > relationship - its one-to-one (noone else will be communicating on this
> > channel) and is much more controlled.  So, I don't think opening ports
> > for both ipv6 and inet is warranted in the PMDA case, and this should
> > simplify things.  Back-compatibility is required, and this ipv6 option
> > should be available transparently to all PMDAs that support sockets.
> As posted to the project list, I've added a -6 option to pmdaGetOpt()
> for requesting an IPv6 socket. Should I go ahead and a "6:" to the
> option strings of all the callers as well?

Sounds right.  Usage messages and man pages will also be affected.

cheers.

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Nathan