On Apr 17 10:46, Charles Wilson wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > Yes, sure, but in that case, why not use the native ping? AFAIK the > > ICMP API doesn't provide all the data you need to emulate the usual > > UNIX ping output anyway. > > AFAIK, the native (e.g. the shipped-with-windows) ping doesn't use the > ICMP dll either. That's why I installed FPing. However, FPing (or even > shipped-with-windows ping) are native, not cygwin progs. I don't like > using native progs at all, ever, if I can help it. They always lead to > surprises: pty issues in terminals, issues with pathnames, difficulties > in complex commands (pipes |), etc. > > But it was just an idle thought.
No, it's not idle, it's a valid argument. The problem is, ping isn't useful as is for non-Admin users, and the package is orphaned. That's why I think we should drop it from the distro. If somebody takes over maintainance and comes up with a patch which makes ping work for non-Admin users again, there's nothing to say against a Cygwin ping. In the current state it just leads to confusion, though. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
