Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:57:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modifyed ping Message-ID: <19980203195751.03221@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <a14_9802031005@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>; from Leif Neland on Tue, Feb 03, 1998 at 08:36:09AM %2B0100 References: <a14_9802031005@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On Tue, Feb 03, 1998 at 08:36:09AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote: > I have changed ping to only send 4 pings by default instead of infinite > (uninitialized, as far as I can see). > > SysV and M$ also only send 4 pings by default. > > If I think this should be standard in FreeBSD, how do I change the standard? I > mean, where, and who do I have to persuade to put this into the main > distribution. Is there a mailing list for discussing such changes? You will need to persuade the hackers. The mailing list is FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org, and you join in the same way as you joined this list. I don't think you have a bat's chance in hell of getting this change through. Just because System V does it doesn't mean that BSD people will think it good. The fact that Microsoft does it is probably enough reason in itself not to follow their example. But I think the best reason will be that most people, in this case including myself, prefer it the way it is. Don't let my opinion stop you from trying, though. > The reason: I have often started a ping in one window, jumped to > watch ppp in another, only to discover half an hour (or later) that > the ping is still pinging and keeping the line open. How about this script, called ping: #!/bin/sh ping -c 4 $* In addition, there is, of course, no reason why you shouldn't run your own modified version of ping. But persuading the community of what appear to be gratuitous changes is a very difficult thing. Greg
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