On 8/26/19 1:59 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > In other notes (and I keep saying that), I can see a world when ping > doesn’t exist anymore as IPv4 doesn’t exist anymore (I partially > already live in that world). The fact that people still do not prepare > themselves for this time is a bit strange to me as by the time FreeBSD > 14 is still in support this IPv6-only world might very well happen for a > majority of people. And FreeBSD 14-CURRENT really is only a year away > now. So breaking what’s been good for almost 20 years now for a few > more years doesn’t really seem to be worth to me.
Eh, I think having 'ping' around on even IPv6 systems is sensible. ping is not inherently version-specific in name, only ping6 is. Having ping not include ipv4 bits for WITHOUT_INET=yes is fine, but I think not having ping as a command is just nonsense. The fact that we have ping6 instead of ping -6 (compared to say, traceroute, ssh, etc. which all have unified commands) is just a user-interface bug we are stuck maintaining compatibility for, not a goal to shoot for. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
