netkit-base and ping

[m.w.chang]

xinetd didn't come with ping. if I rpm -e netkit-base, ping will be 
gone. I could just copy ping out of the package, but.. well.. Wonder if 
ping could be replaced by some other commands, like nmap with certain 
options...

Net Llama! wrote:
> I don't understand what you're asking here.  Better replacements for 
> what?  ping is ping.

>> is ping avialable as a separate package? are there better replacements...
>>
> 

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