inetutils' ping program uses ipv4 for pinging by default even when an ipv6 address exists for the host. i consider this a bug because ipv4 is the legacy IP protocol so it should not be the default. ipv6 should be used over ipv4 whenever possible.

  • bad default... Anna Aurora Kitsüne
    • Re: ba... Alfred M. Szmidt
      • Re... Collin Funk
        • ... Simon Josefsson via Bug reports for the GNU Internet utilities
          • ... Erik Auerswald
            • ... Simon Josefsson via Bug reports for the GNU Internet utilities
              • ... Collin Funk

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