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@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ per release train (`current` or `crux`) - container. Add the following to your
Now you are prepared with two new aliases ``vybld`` and ``vybld_crux`` to spawn
your development containers in your current working directory.
+.. note:: Some VyOS packages (namely vyos-1x) come with build-time tests which
+ verify some of the internal library calls that they work as expected. Those
+ tests are carried out through the Python Unittest module. If you wan't to
+ build the ``vyos-1x`` package (which is our main development package) you need
+ to start your Docker container using the following argument:
+ ``--sysctl net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=0``, otherwise those tests will fail.
+
.. _build_native:
Native Build