>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:59:09 +0200, Reindl Harald
<h.reindl(a)thelounge.net> said:
RH> Am 28.04.2011 01:17, schrieb Itamar Reis Peixoto:
> why ipv6 and ipv4 have different name for the tools ?
...
RH> because the same hostname can have A and AAA records
That argument makes sense up until the point that you realize there are
a fair number of hosts out there with multiple A records too, and ping
has to randomly choose between them.
I'm all for a single unified set of commands (-4, -6). The real
question, is what should the default be? And if 4 now, when do you
switch later? [thus, I think -both now with v6 first if a AAAA is
available otherwise v4 is probably the right answer]
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