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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2012-03-31 17:58:25 +0200
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2012-05-11 15:29:19 +0200
commit23aa78c405f82257e8578afb3d5d244aa27dcd74 (patch)
tree27e99a7b7ef6c3f9d178e394b8ef630bbef852f3 /doc
parent508471bbc0b43a8d5cabeae5c429f8416b9a1e99 (diff)
IPv6 node support
This will make bitcoin relay valid routable IPv6 addresses, and when USE_IPV6 is enabled, listen on IPv6 interfaces and attempt connections to IPv6 addresses.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/build-osx.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/build-unix.txt5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.txt b/doc/build-osx.txt
index 2ae77067fc..256614f7ab 100644
--- a/doc/build-osx.txt
+++ b/doc/build-osx.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sudo port install qrencode
4. Now you should be able to build bitcoind:
cd bitcoin/src
-make -f makefile.osx
+make -f makefile.osx USE_IPV6=1
Run:
./bitcoind --help # for a list of command-line options.
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.txt b/doc/build-unix.txt
index c5b4205084..eb59736816 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.txt
+++ b/doc/build-unix.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ your package manager. Set USE_QRCODE to control this:
USE_QRCODE=0 (the default) No QRCode support - libarcode not required
USE_QRCODE=1 QRCode support enabled
+IPv6 support may be enabled by setting
+ USE_IPV6=1 Enable IPv6 support
+
Licenses of statically linked libraries:
Berkeley DB New BSD license with additional requirement that linked
software must be free open source
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ emerge -av1 --noreplace boost glib openssl sys-libs/db:4.8
Take the following steps to build (no UPnP support):
cd ${BITCOIN_DIR}/src
- make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP= BDB_INCLUDE_PATH='/usr/include/db4.8'
+ make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP= USE_IPV6=1 BDB_INCLUDE_PATH='/usr/include/db4.8'
strip bitcoind