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@ryanmjacobs ryanmjacobs commented Oct 6, 2025

pinger/src/linux.rs: use "ping -6" instead of "ping6"
ping6 does not exist on my system (iputils 20250605-1)

gping -6 fails otherwise.

$ gping -6 example.com
Error: Error spawning ping: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Caused by:
    No such file or directory (os error 2)

Note: Probably don't need to modify the BusyBox command.
However, busybox ping supports the same -4/-6 flags:

$ busybox ping --help
...
-4,-6           Force IP or IPv6 name resolution

`ping6` does not exist on my system (`iputils 20250605-1`)

`gping -6` fails otherwise.

```
$ gping -6 example.com
Error: Error spawning ping: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Caused by:
    No such file or directory (os error 2)
```

Note: Probably don't need to modify the BusyBox command.
However, `busybox ping` supports the same `-4/-6` flags:
```
$ busybox ping --help
...
-4,-6           Force IP or IPv6 name resolution
```
@ryanmjacobs ryanmjacobs force-pushed the linux-ping6 branch 2 times, most recently from c1a6605 to 7ef8e1d Compare December 1, 2025 09:13
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@orf Do you mind reviewing this PR? Without it, I have to copy around a self-compiled to newer systems. Thanks!

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