#3226 closed task (fixed)
inetutils ping not installed
| Reported by: | thomas | Owned by: | Randy McMurchy |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | |
| Component: | BOOK | Version: | SVN |
| Severity: | low | Keywords: | |
| Cc: |
Description
I was just testing some scripts building binary packages (using the DESTDIR) mechanism and I wondered why the moving of ping failed (the two ping progs wasn't created). I was using the current instructions and no ping was created so I added
--enable-ping
and
--enable-ping6
and than the programs were there. If the disabling of ping by intention then the book needs to be updated that ping{,6} isn't installed (as they are listed as installed programs) or otherwise the instructions needs to be updated that the ping pair gets created. Can you verify this?
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Priority: | normal → low |
| Severity: | normal → minor |
| Status: | new → assigned |
| Type: | defect → task |
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Thanks for the fix, Thomas. Obviously, I did not look at the issue properly.
Closing the ticket.

I recently modified the inetutils instructions in BLFS to only install the servers, as everything else is already installed in LFS. I felt it redundant. I also put a comment in the "command explanations" that if you want the client programs to remove the --disable-clients line from the configure script.
I'll leave the ticket open for a couple of days in case anyone wants to comment, but discussion really belongs on -dev. This issue is not a defect. It is by design.