[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

A few years later, but I just have to join in: I don't think nc.openbsd should ever have been added as an alternative to nc.traditional, as they are not compatible. They should be separate packages - nc.traditional should be netcat, and nc.openbsd should be netcat-openbsd. They should have separate

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Hello All, >-b is missing. The openbsd version seems to allow broadcast by default, >so we could just make it accept the option and ignore it. I found that no broadcast is being made when trying to send a udp broadcast. The openbsd version will return with error code 1 Regards, Andras -- You

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

@sefs: the bug has been fixed in Natty. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Hi all, How does this fix the bug in lucid. I wish to perform this command in lucid nc -l -p . which would have been a normal nc command. what do I have to do in lucid to have this work. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

This bug was fixed in the package netcat-openbsd - 1.89-3ubuntu5 --- netcat-openbsd (1.89-3ubuntu5) natty; urgency=low * debian/patches/quit-timer.patch: Re-enabled, but set default to 0 to match current behavior. * debian/patches/netcat-info.patch: Add info about netcat-tradi

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => In Progress ** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chuck Short (zulcss) ** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => natty-alpha-2 ** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu) Impor

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Manpage should be corrected. The -q option is not working now. And you should report this change to others packages maintainers, for example maintainers of libvirt and virt-manager, which expects this -q option and wrote ugly hacks for compability with other non-debian distros. -- You received th

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

This bug was fixed in the package netcat-openbsd - 1.89-3ubuntu4 --- netcat-openbsd (1.89-3ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low * debian/patches/quit-timer.patch: Drop quit-time.patch as per disccussion on ubuntu-server. (LP: #590925) -- Chuck ShortMon, 03 Jan 2011 10:08:24 -0500

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

This also breaks the web, resulting in major confusion. Searching the web for netcat linux howto or tutorial returns almost 100% broken examples. Netcat fails without any hint of why, while saying the flags you used where valid. using man nc does does not solve this confusion. >From 'man nc' >

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

I just went through the ringer tracing down a problem with nc on lucid and discovered that the problem is in a major difference between nc.openbsd and nc.traditional. Above, Soren states: > Both have -w. They do the same. Well, they don't. Not by a longshot. If you surf the 'net for ssh ProxyC

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Yea. I just spent all morning on this not having the piping thing. I had to use -q-1 printf 'GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n' | nc -q-1 example.com 80 The same with the following: nc example.com 80

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

The bsd version does not support requests via piping too. This works with nc.traditional, but does not with nc.openbsd: printf 'GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n' | nc example.com 80 The same with the following: nc example.com 80

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

This bug has also affected me though the work around below sudo apt-get install netcat sudo update-alternatives --set nc /bin/nc.traditional The bug I had with the netcat-openbsd missing -e and -u (udp mode) does not work. -- broken version of netcat installed by default https://bugs.launchpad.

Re: [Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 06:49:26PM -, Grondr wrote: > P.S. Huh. I haven't gone and looked at nc's code carefully, but that > clause you quote that includes the string "cannot use -p and -l" > doesn't seem to make it through to any user-visible output. Umm. Yeah, that's really stupid. Someone

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Aha! In that case, I agree with everything you've said. :) (Yes, I agree that it's pointlessly incompatible, but I thought someone must have had a good reason for it---e.g., I'd simply assumed there was -some- point that I was missing, and that Ubuntu had gone along. I also agree that -having- t

Re: [Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 04:38:21PM -, Grondr wrote: > Wait, what? Are you saying that nc -should- accept -p with -l? Of course. Otherwise it'd be pointlessly incompatible with the old netcat. > In other words, that "nc -l -p 1234" is the same thing as "nc -l 1234" > in OpenBSD nc? No, it /i

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Wait, what? Are you saying that nc -should- accept -p with -l? In other words, that "nc -l -p 1234" is the same thing as "nc -l 1234" in OpenBSD nc? If so, I very much agree with that sentiment! But that wasn't what the manpage seemed to indicate -at all-. It goes out of its way, in several pl

Re: [Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 04:52:32AM -, Grondr wrote: > I'll try one more time to make the point I'm trying to make, and then > I'll give up until someone who seems to understand it chimes in. (And > by the way, calling a usability complaint "flamebait" isn't exactly > setting the right tone you

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

I'll try one more time to make the point I'm trying to make, and then I'll give up until someone who seems to understand it chimes in. (And by the way, calling a usability complaint "flamebait" isn't exactly setting the right tone yourself.) 100% of my usage of nc is in building tunnels. 50% of

Re: [Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 08:52:50PM -, Grondr wrote: > I believe I was quite clear: > > (a) "nc -l -p 1234" spits out a usage message. I think this is the first time you shared any of the commands you attempted to run. You are asking people (volunteers, mostly) to help you with your problems.

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

I believe I was quite clear: (a) "nc -l -p 1234" spits out a usage message. The traditional version actually listens on port 1234. Having finally found nc's manpage, I see that the OpenBSD version uses completely incompatible arguments, hence breaking scripts that expect the decades-old versi

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- broken version of netcat installed by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590925 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 590925] Re: broken version of netcat installed by default

Please try to keep a constructive tone. Your bug report does not, as far as I can see, describe the actual symptoms you're seeing at all. What is it, specifically, that you tried and how did it fail? -- broken version of netcat installed by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590925 You rece