SPECS: iputils.spec - group icmp for /bin/ping*

[Paweł Gołaszewski]

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Elan [windows-1257] Ruusamäe wrote:
> > > -%attr(4754,root,adm) /bin/ping*
> > > +%attr(4754,root,icmp) /bin/ping*
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Wrong.
> >
> > rev. 1.30
> >
> > It should be like that.
> 
> why wrong?
> 
> /bin/ping is for daemons, /usr/bin/ping is for lusers (by mmazur@#pld)

what?
/usr/bin/ping is non-suid ping. It does not send icmp messages and is 
often not useful.
/bin/ping is regular, icmp ping.

icmp group is obsolete

> ps2: don't double copy me, i'm on devel-en@ list, otherwise i wouldn't 
> be posting there :)

well... I'm giving Cc almoust always, because messages on list can be 
ommited :)

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