Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:40:15 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time to finally adopt IPv6 ? Message-ID: <46C889C8-5C85-4F59-BFE0-6F9B37E69D4B@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <14082.1563976537@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <14082.1563976537@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Hi, > On 24 Jul 2019, at 14:55, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > We have ping(8), and ping6(8), we need to tell route(8) if we want -4 or -6 > and so on and so forth. > > We dont need to rehash why IPv6 is treated as a stepchild, and even > less if it is anybodys fault, at this point it is an artifact of > history and just that. > > But isnt it about time we start in earnest to integrate things from > a command line point of view? +1 > Even if for source code hygiene points if it amounts to no more > than ping(8) re-execing ping6(8) when given an IPv6 argument ? > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk
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