Bug#606654: Busybox should include arping applet

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl> writes:

> I think the arping applet should be enabled in the Busybox build.
> It helps a great deal in debugging general network issues and could be
> helpful to create a solution for some other bugs like:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537271 (network may not be usable as soon as link is up)
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606515 (Preseed installation does not wait for network to be ready)

Hi,

Please read
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q.3AWhyispingnotavailableinthedebugshell

Roughly the same applies to arping.  After all, you can cat /proc/net/arp
to check whether the gateway has a complete entry.
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.