Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:26:39 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, 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 Message-ID: <CANCZdfq4keFkTMsu-XDY=q81E9AqrhgnOfRXg=Wegk1_2Ogj9w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2gCwXMFFy6t3CZdhN9e-xSFh=MQmG1cpDfjngpMRNgOhQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <202011260429.0AQ4TV2B023801@repo.freebsd.org> <20201126092704.f689ac823d6571ca0c98212a@bidouilliste.com> <CAOtMX2ijFz=hfN8RBABRJnhDckmKUmQV6JC9oghNRdBO_7Gnsg@mail.gmail.com> <20201126154931.093e7b5097480d18a01caaf7@bidouilliste.com> <CAOtMX2gCwXMFFy6t3CZdhN9e-xSFh=MQmG1cpDfjngpMRNgOhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 8:37 AM 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? > Yes. It should, imho. Warner >
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