Bug#873818: iproute2: Provide ifstat

2017-09-18 Thread Julian Wollrath
Hi Andreas Henriksson, > AFAIK (but I might be wrong) the ifstat currently shipped in debian > has nothing in common with the iproute2 ifstat. yes, they are different but they both provide interface statistics. > Debian Policy forbids > two programs from using the same name (in other words two di

Bug#873818: iproute2: Provide ifstat

2017-09-04 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hi Julian Wollrath, Thanks for your patches to ship ifstat in iproute2, but I'm afraid this might not be the right path. AFAIK (but I might be wrong) the ifstat currently shipped in debian has nothing in common with the iproute2 ifstat. Debian Policy forbids two programs from using the same name

Bug#873818: iproute2: Provide ifstat

2017-08-31 Thread Julian Wollrath
Package: iproute2 Version: 4.9.0-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, iproute2 upstream provides an ifstat binary as alternative to the one we have in the ifstat package in the archive. The attached patches add a package, which provides this version of the ifstat command. Best rega