File iputils-ss021109-locallinksyntax.diff of Package iputils

This patch for iputils allows to use the standard 

ping6 link-local-addr%interface 

syntax instead of ping6 -I interface link-local-addr. This matches
BSD ping. 

Please apply.

-Andi


diff -u iputils/ping6.c-o iputils/ping6.c
--- iputils/ping6.c-o	2005-07-08 02:21:34.000000000 +0200
+++ iputils/ping6.c	2005-07-08 02:51:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@
 
 		target = *argv;
 
+		if (!device) {
+			char *s = strchr(target, '%');
+			if (s) { 
+				device = s+1; 
+				*s = 0;
+			} 
+		}
+
 		if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, target, &addr) <= 0) {
 			struct hostent *hp;
 
@@ -296,6 +304,14 @@
 	memset(&whereto, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
 	whereto.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 	whereto.sin6_port = htons(IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
+	
+	if (!device) {
+		char *s = strchr(target, '%');
+		if (s) { 
+			device = s+1; 
+			*s = 0;
+		} 
+	}
 
 	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, target, &whereto.sin6_addr) <= 0) {
 		struct hostent *hp;



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