Bug 21054 – Man page for ping is old and not consistant with current ping

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-developer

[Description Adrian Head 2003-05-15 07:59:04 UTC]

The man page for ping is not consistant with the current ping. 
 
An example is that it does not include all the parameters that ping allows. 
ie.  ping -I is not included in the man page. 
 
This issue I expect should be passed up-stream.

[Comment 1 Robin Johnson 2003-05-15 18:05:22 UTC]

which ping are you using tho?
sys-apps/netkit-base
or 
net-misc/iputils ?

the net-misc/iputils one is quite up to date.

[Comment 2 Adrian Head 2003-05-16 07:44:11 UTC]

There you go - my appologies - I didn't realise that there were two...  
  
man ping shows at the bottom:  
Linux NetKit (0.17)             August 30, 1996            Linux NetKit (0.17)  
  
so therefore, I expect from netkit  
emerge -s netkit shows:  
*  sys-apps/netkit-base  
      Latest version available: 0.17-r6  
[SNIP]  
      Description: Standard linux net thingees -- inetd, ping  
  
Is there a chance to put a quick README file in /usr/share/netkit* saying  
something to the effect of "also try iputils" or "if you want IP tools ie.  
ping, that are simular to other *NIX OSs then use netkit; if you want IP tools  
that are simular to other Linux distros then check out iputils"?  
  
Thanks for your time.  

[Comment 3 Adrian Head 2003-05-16 07:46:27 UTC]

The issue with the man page not being consistent with the actual parameters of 
ping from the netkit package is still a valid concern though. 

[Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-05-18 08:02:51 UTC]

I've mailed the upstream maintainer about this, I'll let you know about the answer when I get it.

[Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-06-26 03:52:16 UTC]

I didn't get a reply, but the manpage has been updated, so Im closing this bug