Re: bin/56057: 'ping6 -p' does not seem to set the data

[Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/56057; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/56057: 'ping6 -p' does not seem to set the data
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:38:27 -0400

 Ah, indeed, looks like that's working:
 
 ping6 -p 0123456789 -s 66 www.netbsd.org
 
 =>
 
 IP6 2600:1f18:400c:b800:bc3c:63cc:7e5d:1f96 > 2001:470:a085:999::80: ICMP6, echo request, seq 0, length 74
         0x0000:  6000 0000 004a 3aff 2600 1f18 400c b800  `....J:.&...@...
         0x0010:  bc3c 63cc 7e5d 1f96 2001 0470 a085 0999  .<c.~].....p....
         0x0020:  0000 0000 0000 0080 8000 71cf 4785 0000  ..........q.G...
         0x0030:  604f c4f3 000b 2012 0123 4567 8901 2345  `O.......#Eg..#E
         0x0040:  6789 0123 4567 8901 2345 6789 0123 4567  g..#Eg..#Eg..#Eg
         0x0050:  8901 2345 6789 0123 4567 8901 2345 6789  ..#Eg..#Eg..#Eg.
         0x0060:  0123 4567 8901 2345 6789 0123 4567 8901  .#Eg..#Eg..#Eg..
         0x0070:  2345
 
 
 Cool - thanks!
 
 Perhaps an error message if '-p' is specified and '-s'
 is not might be useful to avoid this problem?  Or at
 least a mention in the manual page for the '-p' flag
 might be helpful for the user.