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Breaking out ftp makes sense.<br>However, I cannot imagine working on a system that has tcp/ip, but does not have a ping command.<br>If you break out ping, I guess breaking out `arp` would be next.<br><br>It seems comparable to having a Bash shell package that does not include `cd`, `ls`, or `rm`.<br>Some concepts/tools just go together and it is puzzling to think of them otherwise.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">--- Original message --- <br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [illumos-Developer] Moving /usr/sbin/ping out of pkg:/network/ftp <br><b>From:</b> Aram Hăvărneanu <aram.h@mgk.ro> <br><b>To:</b> Samuel Younge <samuel.younge@31415.org> <br><b>Cc:</b> Albert Lee <trisk@opensolaris.org>, illumos-dev <developer@lists.illumos.org> <br><b>Date:</b> Friday, 12/11/2010 1:52 PM<br><br>On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Samuel Younge <samuel.younge@31415.org> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"> It think having a separate package for every tcp/ip tool is a bit of an overkill and inconvenient to install.<br></blockquote><br>Packages are cheap, also, ping, traceroute and ftp are likely to be<br>installed on a distribution by default for most people. This change<br>would allow certain distributors to create `minimized' distributions.<br><br>-- <br>Aram Hăvărneanu<br></blockquote><br>
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