From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Baruch Siach Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:40:18 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] inetutils: new package In-Reply-To: References: <1414624048-37143-1-git-send-email-kaszak@gmail.com> <852735167.27218624.1414655605361.JavaMail.root@openwide.fr> Message-ID: <20141030094018.GH1759@tarshish> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi K?roly, On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:37:49AM +0100, K?roly Kasza wrote: > indeed there are many programs in inetutils, that are also provided by > other packages. > I decided to split the package into 6 separate parts, so "one does not > simply" need to compile/carry everything :) > Inetutils is the GNU implementation of these, the user can choose whatever > fits best for him/her. But you should consider what happens when one selects both versions. Which one should "win"? We can't leave it to chance. baruch > My primary reason for adding Inetutils is telnet (and telnetd), which are > not provided by anything else, if > the user chooses not to use Busybox. > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jeremy Rosen > wrote: > > > ----- Mail original ----- > > > GNU Inetutils is a collection of common network programs. > > > Clients included: > > > dnsdomainname, ftp, hostname, ifconfig, logger, ping, ping6, rcp, > > > rexec, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, tftp, traceroute, whois > > > > ifconfig and hostname are already in the package "net-tools" are they > > related ? is that a different provider for the package ? -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch at tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -