Dependency on deprecated net-tools for CentOS?

[robert-scheck]

Is there a specific reason that there is a dependency on the deprecated net-tools package for the RPM on CentOS? Red Hat states the same for RHEL 8, where CentOS Stream 8 is nowadays the upstream of.

$ rpm -qp --requires https://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/atlas/software-probe/centos8/x86_64/atlasswprobe-5070-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
hostname
iproute
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.10)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.9)(64bit)
libcrypto.so.1.1()(64bit)
libcrypto.so.1.1(OPENSSL_1_1_0)(64bit)
libevent-2.1.so.7()(64bit)
libevent_openssl-2.1.so.7()(64bit)
libm.so.6()(64bit)
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libssl.so.1.1()(64bit)
libssl.so.1.1(OPENSSL_1_1_0)(64bit)
net-tools
openssh-clients
procps-ng
psmisc
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileCaps) <= 4.6.1-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)
sudo

[gmeyerRIPE]

Hi @robert-scheck thanks for bringing this up. We are currently in the process of migrating support to Centos stream. Our team will provide updates as they become available!