On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:08:54 +0200 Tobias Klausmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! > > On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > iputils is currently in @system for everyone. by default, it only > > installs `ping`. do we feel strongly enough about this to require > > all systems include it ? or should this wait for the long idea of > > releasing stage4's instead of stage3's ? > > What's the gain? The package is tiny and it is one of the most > basic network diagnostic tools. When setting up a machine, ping > may be the only tool that lets you figure out why all the fetches > are failing. I think we should keep it, unless there is a > compelling reason not to (or when we get s4s). # busybox ping 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=56 time=37.303 ms (bb is in @system afaik)
