Package: iputils-arping Version: 3:20071127-2 Severity: minor The arping(8) man page says:
-I interface Name of network device where to send ARP REQUEST packets. This option is required. (the synopsis also says that this option is required). But in fact, this option is not required: # arping -f 192.168.0.1 ARPING 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.104 eth0 Unicast reply from 192.168.0.1 [00:00:C5:B4:98:74] 1.129ms Sent 1 probes (1 broadcast(s)) Received 1 response(s) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages iputils-arping depends on: ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries iputils-arping recommends no packages. iputils-arping suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org