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On 10/15/15 4:08 AM, Tobias Klausmann wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> |
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> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> iputils is currently in @system for everyone. by default, it only |
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>> installs `ping`. do we feel strongly enough about this to require |
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>> all systems include it ? or should this wait for the long idea of |
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>> releasing stage4's instead of stage3's ? |
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> What's the gain? The package is tiny and it is one of the most |
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> basic network diagnostic tools. When setting up a machine, ping |
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> may be the only tool that lets you figure out why all the fetches |
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> are failing. I think we should keep it, unless there is a |
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> compelling reason not to (or when we get s4s). |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> Tobias |
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> |
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use busybox's ping. its poorly maintained if its maintained at all. it |
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makes my life easier because i don't have to worry about its brokenness |
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on alt libc's. just look at the patches we have to carry for it. |
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