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> On 2015-10-14, at 23:39, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> 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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> -mike |
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If I had got on a machine lacking the ping command, I would immediately install it and otherwise avoid that machine (it's 'broken'). It really should not get removed, plus it is tiny. |
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A lot of hosts now block ICMP requests but it's just habit for many to type `ping google.com` or similar to test when they suspect their internet is down. |
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Andrew |
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