Re: [bug-inetutils] up to date inetutils

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> It generates packets every 0.5 sec.

Here's what my test shows:

address@hidden:/home/gray/gnu/inetutils/ping# ./ping -i 10 ftp.gnu.org.ua
PING ftp.gnu.org.ua (213.130.0.22): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 213.130.0.22: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.381 ms
64 bytes from 213.130.0.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.180 ms
64 bytes from 213.130.0.22: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.176 ms
64 bytes from 213.130.0.22: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.175 ms
--- ftp.gnu.org.ua ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.175/0.228/0.381/0.088 ms

root§Mirddin:/home/gray# tcpdump  icmp and src ftp.gnu.org.ua
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol
decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
20:34:05.492069 IP ftp.gnu.org.ua > mirddin.farlep.net: icmp 64: echo
reply seq 0
20:34:15.489111 IP ftp.gnu.org.ua > mirddin.farlep.net: icmp 64: echo
reply seq 256
20:34:25.488988 IP ftp.gnu.org.ua > mirddin.farlep.net: icmp 64: echo
reply seq 512
20:34:35.488868 IP ftp.gnu.org.ua > mirddin.farlep.net: icmp 64: echo
reply seq 768

As you see, it generates packets each 10 seconds, as expected.

Regards,
Sergey