On 10/15/15 4:08 AM, Tobias Klausmann 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).
Regards,
Tobias
use busybox's ping. its poorly maintained if its maintained at all. it
makes my life easier because i don't have to worry about its brokenness
on alt libc's. just look at the patches we have to carry for it.
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