Re: GSoC 2026: Interest in IPv6 cleanup project- looking for starter tasks

Hi,

Ashwani Kamal <[email protected]> wrote
  in <CADfw3=qx+SHT1w-WE7+k4dZomZpwUf7vtb9xJOYXQ+aUfepsdw@mail.gmail.com>:

as> Before formally applying, I’d love to start contributing and get familiar
as> with the relevant parts of the FreeBSD codebase. Would you be able to
as> suggest a few good starter work items related to this project? For example:

Thank you for your interest.  I am sorry for the long delay in getting
back to you...

as> - Specific utilities (e.g., rwhod, rpc.rquotad) that would be good first
as> targets
...
as> - Or any bugs/reviews already tracking IPv6 cleanup work

The past GSoC student already worked on several utilities:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2024Projects/IPv6SupportAndCleanupOfAddressFamilyDependencyInUserlandUtilities

Some of them are still incomplete, but reading them should be a good
start.

as> - Any known places where we can start replacing gethostby*() with
as> getaddrinfo() safely

I think usr.bin/talk is one of the easiest target to understand how to
support IPv6 properly.

-- Hiroki

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