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[Python-Dev] IPv6 in Windows binary distro

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Fri Oct 10 11:54:55 EDT 2003 
John Hoffman <theshadow at shambala.net> writes:

> Hello...  Could you please tell me why IPv6 support isn't present in
> the 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 Windows binary releases?  Is it broken for
> Windows?  If not, I'd really appreciate if someone could make a new
> build for me...  Thanks.

Did the 2.3 builds have IPv6 support?  Then this would be a nasty
regression.  However, I *thought* that you had to build with VC++ 7 or
higher to get IPv6 support on Windows, and we've never done that.

Cheers,
mwh
(not a windows victim)

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