svn commit: r368045 - in head: . etc/mtree rescue/rescue sbin sbin/ping sbin/ping/tests sbin/ping6 sbin/ping6/tests tools/build/mk

[Emmanuel Vadot]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:37:13 -0700
Alan Somers <asomers at freebsd.org> wrote:

> > >
> > > >  I think you should add a LINKS=... here so people script which uses
> > > > ping6 won't break (and of course adding support in the code to do ipv6
> > > > ping if progname is ping6 if this isn't the case).
> > > >
> > > >  Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Emmanuel Vadot <manu at bidouilliste.com>
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, that would make sense.  But for how long?  Would the ping6 hard link
> > > stick around forever, or eventually be removed in some future version of
> > > FreeBSD?
> >
> >  I have no opinion on this matter.
> >  But since ping6 was present for a very long time I guess we're stuck
> > with it for a long time too.
> >
> 
> Do you have an opinion on whether there should be a /rescue/ping6 link too?

 I'll be honest I don't use ipv6 at all, I've just noticed this problem
when reading my morning email :)

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu at bidouilliste.com> <manu at freebsd.org>