From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B79E1381F3 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2E98E0963; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876D3E0944 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:20 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,890,1363132800"; d="scan'208";a="19611028" Received: from 213-152-39-89.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.89]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 18 Jun 2013 16:57:59 +0100 Received: from [192.168.11.4] (unknown [192.168.11.4]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E590936BA for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:57:57 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sendmail: warning: inet_protocols: disabling IPv6 From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <20130618150038.GA19254@syscon7.inet> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:57:57 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0F3C0505-DB9F-4F01-A02E-9D8378789C98@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <20130618150038.GA19254@syscon7.inet> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Archives-Salt: c3420598-e07e-4616-a34f-f73b17d03678 X-Archives-Hash: 5bb49862bf5e1afe928f7742b9ec0328 On 18 June 2013, at 16:00, Joseph wrote: > Every time I compile a package I get a message: >=20 > sendmail: warning: inet_protocols: disabling IPv6 name/address = support: Address family not supported by protocol 1. Could you post the output of `grep -i mail /etc/make.conf` please? 2. Could you show us some relevant output indicating the status of the = "ipv6" USE flag on your system, please? Please show us all packages = installed with it activated.=20 I don't have an uptodate Gentoo system handy right now, so I'm not = immediately sure the best way to perform that latter. There must be = something cleaner and faster than `emerge -ep world | grep -i ipv6`, = probably something in Gentoolkit.=20 You get the message when you compile packages, and the error message = begins with "sendmail" - this makes me think you have portage configured = (in your make.conf) to send you its output by email (the ewarn, eerror = &c messages), and that it is your mailer which is giving this warning.=20= Googling the message suggests that your mailer might be Postfix: = http://www.google.com/search?q=3Dsendmail:+warning:+inet_protocols:+disabl= ing+IPv6 If so, the second hit looks promising: = http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/70962 Stroller.