Thank you for your bug report, the issue was reported upstream in https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues/273 and fixed in newer version
If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please perform as much as possible of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention. [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure ** Bug watch added: github.com/iputils/iputils/issues #273 https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues/273 ** Changed in: iputils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: iputils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: iputils (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to iputils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904251 Title: Ping interval depends on the system's locale Status in iputils package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: iputils-ping: Installato: 3:20190709-3 Candidato: 3:20190709-3 Tabella versione: *** 3:20190709-3 500 500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release: 20.04 ping is using the current locale to interpret the interval value: ping -i 0.3 localhost fails with "ping: bad timing interval: 0.3" while this works: ping -i 0,3 localhost This also works: LANG=en ping localhost -i .3 It seems similar to a 2015 bug from Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283277 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1904251/+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