> Come to think about it, it might to be good to do tiny standalone > program called pkg_ping and then I could make it in C like I'd prefer. > I'd hope to make a port maybe, but then it would functionally defeat > the intent.
I find it not usefull to continue this kind of conversation because you don't listen to others. Make what you have planned, send a diff and, let's wait what the future brings. Personally I see no benefit in this ideas.