New Cygwin release 1.7 (which will be released in a few months) will
contain IPv6 support, but rsync configure doesn't currently detect it.
I'm using the following patch to enable the detection:
--- origsrc/rsync-3.0.4/configure.in 2008-09-06 18:32:26.000000000 +0200
+++ src/rsync-3.0.4/configure.in 2009-02-15 20:38:41.532123700 +0100
@@ -198,8 +198,18 @@
[don't even try to use IPv6]))
if test x"$enable_ipv6" != x"no"; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([ipv6 stack type])
- for i in inria kame linux-glibc linux-inet6 toshiba v6d zeta; do
+ for i in cygwin inria kame linux-glibc linux-inet6 toshiba v6d
zeta; do
case $i in
+ cygwin)
+ AC_EGREP_CPP(yes, [
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#ifdef _CYGWIN_IN6_H
+yes
+#endif],
+ [ipv6type=$i;
+ AC_DEFINE(INET6, 1, [true if you have IPv6])
+ ])
+ ;;
inria)
# http://www.kame.net/
AC_EGREP_CPP(yes, [
--
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