Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:31:33 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, alan somers <asomers@gmail.com> Cc: Hiroki Sato <hrs@allbsd.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, Jan Sucan <sucanjan@gmail.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r351423 - in head: . sbin/ping6 sbin/ping6/tests Message-ID: <c88ef91f-b77b-eb65-78e4-70693703408f@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D99F70B-5BFD-447A-B833-D4F73CEECFF2@lists.zabbadoz.net> References: <201908231522.x7NFMLuJ068037@repo.freebsd.org> <20190826.042056.1329861772202588895.hrs@allbsd.org> <CAOtMX2hLxx=SKvh1ZoiMAcagQJjPaRSvkML9J%2BBgpQsz5uNNbw@mail.gmail.com> <20190826.050922.1810654532466043358.hrs@allbsd.org> <CAOtMX2jhmV%2BqRH%2BU1jMzdXsnckAvkzJhQiU6H65jUjdpK%2BXU3Q@mail.gmail.com> <4D99F70B-5BFD-447A-B833-D4F73CEECFF2@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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On 8/26/19 1:59 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > In other notes (and I keep saying that), I can see a world when ping > doesn’t exist anymore as IPv4 doesn’t exist anymore (I partially > already live in that world). The fact that people still do not prepare > themselves for this time is a bit strange to me as by the time FreeBSD > 14 is still in support this IPv6-only world might very well happen for a > majority of people. And FreeBSD 14-CURRENT really is only a year away > now. So breaking what’s been good for almost 20 years now for a few > more years doesn’t really seem to be worth to me. Eh, I think having 'ping' around on even IPv6 systems is sensible. ping is not inherently version-specific in name, only ping6 is. Having ping not include ipv4 bits for WITHOUT_INET=yes is fine, but I think not having ping as a command is just nonsense. The fact that we have ping6 instead of ping -6 (compared to say, traceroute, ssh, etc. which all have unified commands) is just a user-interface bug we are stuck maintaining compatibility for, not a goal to shoot for. -- John Baldwin
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