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Pacman force ipv6? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by shadowintheday2@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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There are answers for disabling ipv6 is it possible to force ipv6 instead?

already using https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ to select ipv6-capable mirrors

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[–] forbiddenlake@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Have you set your system to prefer it in gai.conf?

You said enforce in the post, but prefer in a comment. Do you mean prefer ipv6, or disable ipv4?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe if you found some way to run it in a namespace with no ipv4 network.

[–] shadowintheday2@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

that would work, yes, thank you

[–] progandy@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You could use a dns server that does not offer any A records.