While working for an updated ipcalc to support ipv6 transparently, I
figured we have more tools which are not IPv6-ready and awkwardly
provide an additional tool with a -6 suffix, supposedly for separate
IPv6 support. That looks like a relic of the past, we still drag. IPv6
support should be transparent in programs (fortunately we don't have
ssh6). Any objection to fill bugs to merge the following tools with
their ipv4 equivalent?
It would be very desirable to modify the non-6 tools to have transparent IPv6 support.
After that happens, I don’t think removing the -6 tools and possibly breaking scripts will
really help anything; perhaps it would make sense to move them out of the default install,
but doing any more work with the only possible effect something being broken is not that
attractive ☺
Mirek