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Date:      Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:46:12 +0100
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r368045 - in head: . etc/mtree rescue/rescue sbin sbin/ping sbin/ping/tests sbin/ping6 sbin/ping6/tests tools/build/mk
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 08:37:13 -0700
Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:

> > >
> > > >  I think you should add a LINKS=... here so people script which uses
> > > > ping6 won't break (and of course adding support in the code to do ipv6
> > > > ping if progname is ping6 if this isn't the case).
> > > >
> > > >  Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, that would make sense.  But for how long?  Would the ping6 hard link
> > > stick around forever, or eventually be removed in some future version of
> > > FreeBSD?
> >
> >  I have no opinion on this matter.
> >  But since ping6 was present for a very long time I guess we're stuck
> > with it for a long time too.
> >
> 
> Do you have an opinion on whether there should be a /rescue/ping6 link too?

 I'll be honest I don't use ipv6 at all, I've just noticed this problem
when reading my morning email :)

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>



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