On 20.06.2012 14:15, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:03:56PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: >> # Op 09-01-2007 om 19:09 schreef Frans Pop: >> # > close 406114 >> # > thanks >> # > >> # > > Bug#406114: Installer netinst needs ping and better ifconfig >> # > > Bug reopened, originator not changed. >> # > >> # > There is absolutely no reason why this BR should remain open! As I said, >> # > it's a duplicate and has absolutely no value by itself. >> # >> # Value in this bugreport is how to use wget as ping replacement >> # also is explained why ping is not in d-i > > Interestingly enough Ubuntu does ship a tiny ping in d-i which can tell you if > $IP is alive or not. It would be very helpful to have. I cannot use wget to > test if my gateway is reachable or not. And quite often (especially as d-i > cannot cope sanely with /32 netmasks) I do need to ensure exactly that for the > installer environment. A live CD wouldn't help.
Well, enabling ping applet in busybox costs just about 600 bytes on i386: $ size busybox+* text data bss dec hex filename 312015 1638 8712 322365 4eb3d busybox+ 312628 1638 8712 322978 4eda2 busybox+ping it is really trivial to enable ping applet in busybox and close this bugreport for good. I disagree that this bug is a duplicate of #406108. One thing is to have more featureful ifconfig, another is to have tiny debgging option right away, without a need to reboot, find a rescue/debug environment and reboot again. Maybe it's a good idea to reassign it to busybox-udeb and fix it there finally, for good? Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ff6b4e0.6090...@msgid.tls.msk.ru
