On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Martti Kühne <mysat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:37 PM, <schaefe...@lekkerleben.de> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We've found a inconsistency with the traceroute installation and it's >> manpage. >> The manpage says 'traceroute6 is an equivalent to traceroute -6', but in >> arch linux this does not work. >> >> It this by design? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Paul Schaefer > > > Upstream doesn't ship a symlink. The scripts used to set up packages > are pretty ugly, so I guess it's by design. > You might create your own symlink, if you think of removing it once it > ships and the installation aborts with "traceroute6 exists in > filesystem". > > cheers! > mar77i
Link from traceroute6 is made by upstream in the Debian `specs` file. IMHO it should rather be made in the makefile. I would add it in the PKGBUILD and open a bug to upstream in the meantime but it is up to the packager's decision.