Hi,
So net-tools has been deprecated a long time at this point with numerous known issues - especially as we enter an IPv6 world.
There was an initial discussion a few months back as can be reviewed here:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fe doraproject.org/thread/OATM2PQLRKNUW54CQRZ33WUNS6WZMPVL/
FESCo agreed with the goal of removing the distributions dependency on net-tools a couple of months ago:
https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/1711
In accordance with the mass bug filing process the packages that are affected have been located with `dnf repoquery --all --alldeps --whatrequires net-tools` and the list of maintainers/packagers affected are at the end.
I'll be filing the tracker bug in due course and bugs against the packages in question.
I'm going to go through as best I can to check for the reason for the dependency on each, but naturally I only have so much time. If you are able to swiftly remove the dependency yourself, or if there is a good reason for it, please actively close the bugs opened - or reach out to me to do so.
I'm already knee deep in facter which is a complex update to remove the requirement as new dependency packages are introduced to get to the current version without the requirement.
If you're unsure how to port a net-tools related script to one using the iproute2 utilities please do let me know and I'll be happy to help move them over.
For those who aren't currently packagers that would like to help - remember that the new Pagure based interface to our git does support pull requests :)
For any changes that are made to packages, please just include them in Rawhide to be a part of F28 and leave the F27 branch and packages at the current versions they are. If it's going to make a change to the user experience please file (or ping me and I'll do so on your behalf whilst managing this process overall) a Self Contained Change for Fedora 28.
Regards,
James
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