Proposal (was: Re: traceroute lacks icmp support)

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Dmitry Butskoy wrote:

> FC5 has a replaced traceroute implementation, which unfortunately has 
> no icmp support
> ("traceroute -I":  the ability to send icmp echo packets instead of 
> udp). The corresponding bugzilla ticket is #176587 
> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=176587> .
>
> The icmp feature of traceroute is wide-used enough.


Could the current traceroute be modified to support "alternatives"?

If yes, I can add the old traceroute implementation to Fedora Extras.
Additionally, I've found that the OpenBSD's traceroute6 already support 
icmp. Therefore it can be combined with the old Fedora's variant to one 
common package.  (It seems that both are BSD-licensed).
Thus users who want icmp/icmp6 support can use an FE alternative package.

Dmitry Butskoy