[Vm-dev] IPv6 support for Windows

[Andreas Raab]

Looks easy enough, thanks. Any objections to commit the SocketPlugin 
changes into VMMaker? The changes are straightforward enough.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Michael Rueger wrote:
> Andreas Raab wrote:
> 
>> this year). If you have a real need for IPv6, send some code my way 
>> and I'll integrate it.
> 
> OK, here's my first stab at this. It is unfinished, but I've got to run
> for today and thought I could as well post what I have so far.
> 
> The files in the zip simply go into the win32 SocketPlugin folder.
> 
> I had to add a couple of newer header files and define a few macros to
> make it work on the current mingw version, as the socket header files
> are missing crucial definitions.
> 
> The wspiapi.h emulates the newer functions on older Windows versions. If 
> we decide to require at least XP we could get rid of it.
> 
> Also attached is a partial change set adding image support code. Just
> run "NetNameResolver testIPv6" to run a few sanity checks.
> 
> Known problem so far is that certain lookups trigger a getaddrinfo error 
> showing up in the error console. I haven't spent much time trying to 
> debug this. Hopefully someone with more familiarity with the socket code 
> might easily spot what goes wrong.
> 
> Probably more problems, haven't tested much yet.
> 
> If IPv6 isn't enabled on your windows XP machine you can do so by
> 
>     ipv6 install
> 
> And uninstall with
> 
>     ipv6 uninstall
> 
> Comments, suggestions appreciated :-)
> 
> Michael
> 
>