NTP available on IPv6

[Peter Bunclark]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Marc Blanchet wrote:

> Hi,
>   We ported the Network Time Protocol (NTP) current distribution
> (ntp-4.1.0.tar.gz) to IPv6. The main components (client, server) have been

Brilliant! Almost...

# ./ntpdate/ntpdate ntp.ipv6.viagenie.qc.ca
Looking for host ntp.ipv6.viagenie.qc.ca and service 123
host found : 3ffe:b00:c18:1:202:b3ff:fe31:fa5f
21 Sep 09:48:31 ntpdate[8143]: no server suitable for synchronization
found
#

Also, on starting ntpd, /var/adm/messages reports:
Sep 21 09:44:14 cadsa ntpd[8124]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] ntpd 4.1.0 Fri
Sep 21 09:30:38 BST 2001 (1)
Sep 21 09:44:14 cadsa ntpd[8124]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] kernel time
discipline status 0040
Sep 21 09:44:27 cadsa ntpd[8124]: [ID 702911 daemon.error]
sendto(3ffe:b00:c18:1:202:b3ff:fe31:fa5f): Address family not supported by
protocol family
Sep 21 09:47:39 cadsa last message repeated 3 times

Solaris 8 on Sparc 20, patched to the hilt.

Pete.