Hi Chris, The package in -proposed fixed this bug.
Test-case from description. Details below. root@ubuntu:~# apt-cache madison net-tools net-tools | 1.60-25ubuntu2.1 | http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty-proposed/main ppc64el Packages [...] root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install net-tools [...] Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty-proposed/main net-tools ppc64el 1.60-25ubuntu2.1 [172 kB] [...] root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -s net-tools | grep ^Version: Version: 1.60-25ubuntu2.1 root@ubuntu:~# netstat -s 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $? 0 ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to net-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251563 Title: netstat command returns nozero even if successively executing Status in “net-tools” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “net-tools” source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in “net-tools” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: for example: in Ubuntu $ netstat -s 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $? 1 in CentOS $ netstat -s 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $? 0 My test environment is Ubuntu 12.04.03. "-s" is a existing argument to netstat, so it should be executed successively and return zero. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-tools/+bug/1251563/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp