iputils: 20151218 -> 20161105 #22822
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most notable change is the removal of tracepath6 and ping6
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We should mention in the release notes that ping6 and tracepath6 are not available anymore. These are common tools in the Linux userland. Also note that there are multiple references to ping6 in pkgs and nixos. |
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We might want to link |
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@globin I thought about that, but this might be a bad idea as the flags are different. Commands might check for the existence of ping6/tracepath6 but break because of incompatible syntax. I would rather want to see |
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Yes, right. |
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Is there a convienient way to run all tests in |
reason: after the upgrade of iputils from 20151218 to 20161105 functionality of ping6 and tracepath6 was merged into ping and tracepath. Ping is now mostly a drop-in replacment for ping6, except that selecting a specific interface is done by encoding it into the address (ex.: fe80::1%eth0) rather then specifing it with the `-I` flag.
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Can somebody proof-read this?
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| Iputils are no longer provide ping6 and traceroute6. The functionality of | ||
| these tools were integrated respectively into ping and traceroute. To |
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were -> have been, respectively into ping and traceroute -> into ping and traceroute respectively
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Iputils are no longer -> Iputils no longer
Motivation for this change
after the upgrade of iputils from 20151218 to 20161105
functionality of ping6 and tracepath6 was merged into ping and tracepath.
Ping is now mostly a drop-in replacment for ping6, except that selecting a
specific interface is done by encoding it into the address (ex.: fe80::1%eth0)
rather then specifing it with the
-Iflag.Test check list:
Things done
(nix.useSandbox on NixOS,
or option
build-use-sandboxinnix.confon non-NixOS)
nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"./result/bin/)