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The iputils package is set of small useful utilities for Linux networking.

Installation

$ ./configure && meson build
# cd builddir && meson install

Configuration can be adjusted (prefix, what is being build, etc.), see meson_options.txt, meson.build.

Build dependencies are listed in scripts in ci directory.

If reporting a bug, please document how to reproduce it.
Please always test the latest master branch.
Finding the commit which introduced the problem helps (bisecting).
Document the kernel and distribution that were used.
Tests should ideally use network namespaces to not interfere with the rest of the system.

If fixing a bug, please document how to reproduce it.
Finding the commit which introduced the problem helps (bisecting). Add Fixme: tag.
If adding a feature, please describe why it's useful to add it.
Commits should be signed: Signed-off-by: Your Name <me@example.org>, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin.
Although the coding style for most tools is ancient, new code should follow the Linux kernel coding style. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html.
To update the code in the pull request, use git push -f. Do not open a new pull request.

Reviewers are very welcome. Post your comments or add Reviewed-by: Your Name <me@example.org>.

Localization is hosted on Fedora Weblate.

Some obsolete tools has been removed (see #363).

Tool	Removing commit	Last release	Replacement
ninfod	8f0d897	20211215	experimental unused protocol
rarpd	fba7b62	20211215	superseded by DHCP protocol
rdisc	7447806	20211215	superseded by DHCP protocol
tftpd	341975a	20210722	tftp-hpa, dnsmasq
traceroute6	a139421	20210722	mtr, traceroute, tracepath

first release (1999-01-07): iputils-ss990107.tar.gz (source code not available)
first downloadable release (1999-04-16): iputils-ss990417.tar.gz
latest release (2002-09-26): iputils-ss020927.tar.gz