#987919 iputils-tracepath: alternative for traceroute6 should have lower priority than that of /usr/bin/traceroute6.db

Package:
iputils-tracepath
Source:
iputils
Description:
Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
Submitter:
Christoph Anton Mitterer
Date:
2021-05-02 03:33:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#987919#5
Date:
2021-05-02 03:29:04 UTC
From:
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Hi.

AFAIU, iputils-tracepath provides only a IPv6 tracepath
(/usr/bin/traceroute6.iputils), right?

traceroute provides one (/usr/bin/traceroute.db) for both,
v4 and v6.

I would say that most people expect that if both packages are installed,
traceroute and traceroute6 come from the same "origin",
but right now,
- traceroute would be that from the traceroute package
- traceroute6 would be that from iputils-tracepath


So perhaps it would make sense to give iputils-tracepath's
tracepath6 a lower priority than traceroute's?

Cheers,
Chris.