Merge ping+ping6 and traceroue+traceroute6 to single utilities?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Normal network enabled utilities like telnet or ftp or nc support
> both because when using those you usually don't care about the
> address family used, you just want to connect. This is a significant
> difference from using ping or traceroute where you almost always
> want a specific address family, depending on what you are testing.

I strongly disagree with the "almost always want a specific address
family". I normally want to verify that the IP at the other end is
alive, or get some idea of how to get there. If I want a specific
address family I'm very happy to use -4 / -6 options.

I'm used to JunOS where ping/traceroute work for both address 
families without any more fuss. That's exactly what I also want for
FreeBSD.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no