[bug-inetutils] inetutils 1.5 standard options, installation

[Karl Berry]

Some picky stuff in inetutils 1.5.

First, I suggest that ifconfig be installed in $(sbindir) instead of
$(bindir).  It seems like nearly the canonical example of an sbin
program.


Second, stuff about --version:

1) the first line of the ping --version output is:
ping - GNU inetutils 1.5
   For consistency with everything else, I think it would be better as:
ping (GNU inetutils) 1.5

2) tftp doesn't accept --version or --help.

3) whois --version output is nonstandard:
Version 1.5.

3a) Also, whois --version says:
Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
  The bug reporting address should be in --help, and it seems odd to
  have a special address for whois.

4) talk and rlogin --version say:
... (GNU inetutils 1.5)
  The ) should be after inetutils, not after 1.5.

5) everything's --version except ping and ping6 does not report licensing
   information.


Third, stuff about --help:

1a) ping and ping6 --help don't have the single-line description.  I
   suggest something like "Send network packet(s).".

1b) talk --help likewise.  Maybe something like:
Start talk session with local or remote user in current tty.

1c) whois --help likewise.  Maybe something like:
Look up Internet domain registration information.

2) rlogin --help starts with "Rlogin".  We're not supposed to capitalize
   program names in GNU purely for English.  In any case, there's no
   need to repeat the program name at all:
Start a terminal session on a remote host.
   is enough.  Also, there's a typo in the current text -- "host host".
   
   I wonder about mentioning something about the r-commands' lack of
   encryption.

3) rcp --help doesn't use the standard format.


Thanks for all the work,
Karl