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Does BitchX support IPV6?

April 26, 2017bitchx IPv6 support

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Does BitchX support IPV6?

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Yes. For certain it is supported under Linux and FreeBSD. In FreeBSD you can use the ports version of BitchX and specify that you wish to use IPV6 by doing ‘cd /usr/ports/irc/bitchx/ && make WITH_IPV6=yes && make install clean’ and it will build and install BitchX with IPV6 support. FreeBSD users be aware: When you compile the port version with IPV6 enabled the IPV4 connections do not work. It would be advised to not build from the port and use the CVS version then apply the patches from the c19 port which apply to IPV6. If you don’t know which files or how to do this stick to the port and enjoy. Under Linux, after you unpack the tarball you would ‘cd BitchX/ && ./configure –enable-ipv6 && make && make install’. For users of FreeBSD that wish to use the current CVS version of BitchX (1.0c20) the patches for 1.0c19 in the port directory apply cleanly and can allow you to build BitchX with IPV6 support with the same steps as with Linux by replacing ‘make’ with ‘gmake’. Other operating s