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Re: GNU pkg for ping, traceroute, etc. (Was: Sluggish nntp performance)
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:57:26 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:
Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
Which GNU package do I get ping and traceroute and host, etc. from?  They're
not in inetutils; they doesn't seem to be anywhere...
I don't think they're GNU. My ping program came from the base linux netkit,
and traceroute (originally) from <URL:ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/traceroute.tar.Z>.

That worked, thanks!  :-,  I wonder why these utils were never GNU'd...  Oh,
well, thanks again.

Cheers,
- jsproat

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  Re: GNU pkg for ping, traceroute, etc. (Was: Sluggish nntp performance)
 
(...) Yeah, I dunno. Looks to be all BSD license, which is fine with me... (Oooh, let's fan the flames: yet another good reason it's not "GNU/Linux") (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: GNU pkg for ping, traceroute, etc. (Was: Sluggish nntp performance)
 
(...) I don't think they're GNU. My ping program came from the base linux netkit, and traceroute (originally) from <URL:ftp://ftp.ee.lb...te.tar.Z>. (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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