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Date:      Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:28:09 +0100 (CET)
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        lev@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Merge ping+ping6 and traceroue+traceroute6 to single utilities?
Message-ID:  <20140111.142809.74743965.sthaug@nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: <1063008459.20140111160525@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <1063008459.20140111160525@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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>   Is here any project to merge ping/ping6 into ping and
> traceroute/traceroute6 into treaceroute? As IPv6 becomes more common these
> days, it is very inconvenient to have these utilities separated.

Yes please, they should absolutely be merged. And then -4 / -6 options
could be used (like telnet/ssh) to choose the protocol for names which
have both A and AAAA records.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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