[arch-general] traceroute package

[Guillaume ALAUX]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Martti Kühne <mysatyre at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:37 PM,  <schaeferpp at lekkerleben.de> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We've found a inconsistency with the traceroute installation and it's manpage.
>> The manpage says 'traceroute6 is an equivalent to traceroute -6', but in arch linux this does not work.
>>
>> It this by design?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Paul Schaefer
>
>
> Upstream doesn't ship a symlink. The scripts used to set up packages
> are pretty ugly, so I guess it's by design.
> You might create your own symlink, if you think of removing it once it
> ships and the installation aborts with "traceroute6 exists in
> filesystem".
>
> cheers!
> mar77i

Link from traceroute6 is made by upstream in the Debian `specs` file.
IMHO it should rather be made in the makefile. I would add it in the
PKGBUILD and open a bug to upstream in the meantime but it is up to
the packager's decision.