# which ping
/bin/ping
# qpkg -f /bin/ping
sys-apps/netkit-base *
# emerge -s netkit-base
Searching...
[ Results for search key : netkit-base ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* sys-apps/netkit-base
Latest version available: 0.17-r6
Latest version installed: 0.17-r6
Size of downloaded files: 55 kB
Homepage: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Description: Standard linux net thingees -- inetd, ping
So, the description says it all. Mind you, someone else has noted that
it has lately moved to iputils (I haven't rsync'd in a few days). So,
searching the package descriptions:
# emerge -S ping
[some time passes...]
And in the many packages that follow are:
* net-analyzer/netselect-0.3
Latest version available: 0.3
Latest version installed: 0.3
Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
Homepage: http://www.worldvisions.ca/~apenwarr/netselect/
Description: Ultrafast implementation of ping.
* net-misc/iputils-020927
Latest version available: 020927
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
Homepage: ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing
Description: Network monitoring tools including ping and ping6
* sys-apps/netkit-base-0.17-r6
Latest version available: 0.17-r6
Latest version installed: 0.17-r6
Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
Homepage: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Description: Standard linux net thingees -- inetd, ping
So, emerge -S is your friend.
Cheers,
A>
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