Re: [PATCH installer 0/8] add IPv6 SLAAC and v6-only support

["Christoph Heiss" <c.heiss@proxmox.com>]

Superseded by v2: https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20260511155753.1623099-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com/

On Fri May 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM CEST, Christoph Heiss wrote:
> Most glaringly, neither the GUI nor TUI handled IPv6-only setups
> correctly, in that the pre-filled values for the networking setup simply
> defaulted to the IPv4 defaults.
>
> Patch #1-#4 rework the GUI side of things.
>
> Patch #5 enables support for /127 and /128 IPv6 CIDRs, which we do
> support elsewhere.
>
> Finally, patch #8 enables sending router solicitations when the
> installer starts, such than any IPv6 (SLAAC) configuration is retrieved.
>
> Patches #5-#8 are independent and can be applied individually as such,
> if desired.
>
> Christoph Heiss (8):
>   install: drop trivial fromjs() wrapper and use JSON::from_json()
>   install: move network subroutines to Proxmox::Sys::Net
>   gui: use run_env->{network} instead of old run_env->{ipconf}
>   sys: net: drop the now-unused `ipconf` runtime environment
>     configuration
>   sys: net: allow up to /128 netmask for IPv6
>   sys: net: ignore ipv6 nameservers with zone identifiers
>   common: options: rework network address setup to handle ipv6-only
>   unconfigured: try to retrieve IPv6 SLAAC addresses on startup
>
>  Proxmox/Install/RunEnv.pm               | 172 +----------------
>  Proxmox/Sys/Net.pm                      | 238 +++++++++++++++++-------
>  debian/control                          |   2 +
>  proxinstall                             |  66 ++++---
>  proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs |  89 +++++----
>  unconfigured.sh                         |  24 +++
>  6 files changed, 288 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)