Btw, I actually see this issue on Raspbian Jessie, so not entirely relevant to this Ubuntu package. Nmap info:
Nmap version 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) Platform: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf Compiled with: liblua-5.2.3 openssl-1.0.1j libpcre-8.35 libpcap-1.6.2 nmap-libdnet-1.12 ipv6 Compiled without: Available nsock engines: epoll poll select I have a Trusty machine on which this works: Nmap version 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Compiled with: liblua-5.2.3 openssl-1.0.1f libpcre-8.31 libpcap-1.5.3 nmap-libdnet-1.12 ipv6 Compiled without: Available nsock engines: epoll poll select Unable to test on Xenial at the moment as the nmap 7.01 package is currently compiled without liblua: Nmap version 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Compiled with: openssl-1.0.2f libpcre-8.38 libpcap-1.7.4 nmap-libdnet-1.12 ipv6 Compiled without: liblua Available nsock engines: epoll poll select -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470343 Title: nmap dhcp-discover script broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nmap/+bug/1470343/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs