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Update README: added license, removed todo, make legacy
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Information about the net-tools package
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NET-TOOLS A collection of programs that form the base set of the
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NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating
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NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating
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This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
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This package includes the legacy tools for controlling the network
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subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,
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netstat, rarp and route. Additionally, this package contains
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utilities relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig,
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README This file.
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INSTALLING Installation instructions.
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INSTALLING Installation instructions.
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COPYING Your free copy of the GNU General Public License.
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COPYING Your free copy of the GNU General Public License 2.
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net-tools are licensed under the GPLv2 or newer,
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see the individual file headers for notices.
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The Homepage (including Git repository, release downloads, bug tracker and
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mailing list) is hosted by SourceForge.net. Please consider joining the project
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net-tools is generally considered deprecated, in most cases use
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the iproute2 package instead.
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route/netstat -r do not yet support different address families cleanly.
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IPX/DDP/AX25 people, please feel free to add the code.
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Mike Frysinger
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vapier@gentoo.org

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