* Ondrej Zajicek
Also, why did the ?Primary? address change as a result of fe80:: being added?
This is a bug in primary address selection.
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OSPFv3 requires link-local address on iface to work, so there is just a missing exception for stub ifaces.
Aha, that makes sense. I'll be happy to test any patches. ;-) I was wondering, by the way, is there an issue tracker or something similar for BIRD, where I can file bugs and/or feature enhancement requests? Or is this mailing list basically it?
Also note that some people suggest to use dummy iface instead of loopback iface for that purpose. But i don't know any valid reason why. Perhaps just to workaround similar issues in other software.
I suppose that too will work. For what it's worth, though, I've not had any problems assigning the primary address of a router to the loopback interface until now; as far as I know, it's actually the recommended best practise for most router implementations, at least for Cisco IOS, JUNOS, Quagga, Vyatta, and so on. Best regards, -- Tore Anderson Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/