A patch similar to this has been merged to upstream <http://net-tools.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=net-tools/net-tools;a=commitdiff;h=f1f89328cccf92824ab436fa43068603eb43e34d>.
Since the last upstream release was eleven years ago, I don't think it's a good idea to wait for the next one. Maybe Debian could cherrypick this fix or take a snapshot from trunk? -- Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org