[Buildroot] [PATCH] inetutils: new package

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Thu Oct 30 09:40:18 UTC 2014


Hi Károly,

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:37:49AM +0100, Károly 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 <jeremy.rosen at openwide.fr>
> 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 ?

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