Debian adopts the package source from OpenBSD. Please, address the OpenBSD maintainer to have your suggestion considered. Cf. https://github.com/openbsd/, https://www.openbsd.org/report.html.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to netcat-openbsd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628910 Title: netcat silently fails without error message when not using -v Status in netcat-openbsd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: $ nc localhost 1234 $ nc -v localhost 1234 nc: connect to localhost port 1234 (tcp) failed: Connection refused even without the -v option I expect nc to report any errors to stderr instead of just exiting. i sometimes use nc together with tar as a simple file transfer tool and its pretty handy to know what is going on. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: netcat-openbsd 1.105-7ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.376 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Sep 29 12:37:32 2016 Dependencies: gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1 libbsd0 0.8.2-1 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu3 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: netcat-openbsd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcat-openbsd/+bug/1628910/+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
