Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:30:59 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@allbsd.org>, Jan Sucan <sucanjan@gmail.com> 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: r351423 - in head: . sbin/ping6 sbin/ping6/tests Message-ID: <CAOtMX2hLxx=SKvh1ZoiMAcagQJjPaRSvkML9J%2BBgpQsz5uNNbw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190826.042056.1329861772202588895.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <201908231522.x7NFMLuJ068037@repo.freebsd.org> <20190826.042056.1329861772202588895.hrs@allbsd.org>
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On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 1:22 PM Hiroki Sato <hrs@allbsd.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > Alan Somers <asomers@FreeBSD.org> wrote > in <201908231522.x7NFMLuJ068037@repo.freebsd.org>: > > as> Author: asomers > as> Date: Fri Aug 23 15:22:20 2019 > as> New Revision: 351423 > as> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/351423 > as> > as> Log: > as> ping6: Rename options for better consistency with ping > as> > as> Now equivalent options have the same flags, and nonequivalent optio= ns have > as> different flags. This is a prelude to merging the two commands. > as> > as> Submitted by: J=C3=A1n Su=C4=8Dan <sucanjan@gmail.com> > as> MFC: Never > as> Sponsored by: Google LLC (Google Summer of Code 2019) > as> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21345 > > I have an objection on renaming the existing option flags in ping6(8) > for compatibility with ping(8). > > Is it sufficient to add INET6 support to ping(8) with consistent > flags and keep CLI of ping6(8) backward compatible? People have used > ping6(8) for >15 years, so it is too late to rename the flags. I do > not think the renaming is useful if "ping -6 localhost" or "ping ::1" > works. > > -- Hiroki If ping works with inet6, then why would we want to keep a separate tool around? If it's just for the sake of people who don't want to or can't update scripts, would a version in ports suffice? -Alan
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