Package: iputils-ping Version: 3:20101006-1+b1 Severity: minor ping on an IP address doesn't do reverse DNS lookups:
xvii:~> ping -c1 vinc17.net PING vinc17.net (92.243.22.117) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ioooi.vinc17.net (92.243.22.117): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=56.2 ms --- vinc17.net ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 56.268/56.268/56.268/0.000 ms xvii:~> ping -c1 92.243.22.117 PING 92.243.22.117 (92.243.22.117) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 92.243.22.117: icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=55.2 ms --- 92.243.22.117 ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 55.200/55.200/55.200/0.000 ms According to the ping(8) man page, this is the -n option that controls whether reverse DNS lookup is done or not, not the fact that the destination is numeric or not. If this is the wanted behavior, the man page should better describe this behavior. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages iputils-ping depends on: ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.0e-2.1 iputils-ping recommends no packages. iputils-ping 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
