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 7C9481381F3 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14E48E0960; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail121c7.megamailservers.com (mail121c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8E66E092C for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:23 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail121c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r5IGcJlR011152 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:38:20 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A239203ABC; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:39:12 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:39:12 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sendmail: warning: inet_protocols: disabling IPv6 Message-ID: <20130618163912.GC19254@syscon7.inet> References: <20130618150038.GA19254@syscon7.inet> <0F3C0505-DB9F-4F01-A02E-9D8378789C98@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0F3C0505-DB9F-4F01-A02E-9D8378789C98@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=M6n4FdhcubXEm4SwrHI1bFquPeKJuiwiytd/lYvkqCA= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=hlsuJsBXO0YA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=1XWaLZrsAAAA:8 a=Ye9q-bpsAAAA:8 a=4P_V-M3MsmeCU7aT0tAA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=a0AnWpwCK_BeSE_6:21 a=4fgUxLIGmAmAphkQ:21 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.51C08CFD.006A,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 5babd5db-ff4d-4584-b134-20e19065e7d7 X-Archives-Hash: 826dcdad661825de9826c0d430d9c40d On 06/18/13 16:57, Stroller wrote: > >On 18 June 2013, at 16:00, Joseph wrote: > >> Every time I compile a package I get a message: >> >> 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. > >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. > >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. > >Googling the message suggests that your mailer might be Postfix: http://www.google.com/search?q=sendmail:+warning:+inet_protocols:+disabling+IPv6 > >If so, the second hit looks promising: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/70962 > >Stroller. You are correct, I'm using postfix and after emerge system is emailing me the notification. grep -i mail /etc/make.conf PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="mail" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root /usr/sbin/sendmail" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="package \${PACKAGE} merged on \${HOST} with notice" I've tried to edit /etc/postfix/main.cf but it does not contain any statement such as "inet_protocols" It could be something to do with a new portage :-/ -- Joseph