Debian Bug report logs - #305062
iputils-ping: stops working with "option inet6" in /etc/resolv.conf

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremie <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: iputils-ping: stops working with "option inet6" in /etc/resolv.conf

Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:01:26 +0200

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Package: iputils-ping
Version: 3:20020927-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Ping assumes gethostbyname returns AF_INET results only, which is no
longer true when the inet6 option is set in /etc/resolv.conf. This makes
ping fail under this configuration.

Gethostbyname2 (which ping6 uses) allows the selection of an address
family. I suggest ping is changed to use it (patch attached.)

-- 
Jeremie Koenig <sprite@sprite.fr.eu.org>

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Message #10 received at 305062-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>

To: 305062-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#305062: fixed in iputils 3:20020927-3

Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:32:05 -0700

Source: iputils
Source-Version: 3:20020927-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
iputils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

iputils-arping_20020927-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-arping_20020927-3_i386.deb
iputils-ping_20020927-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-ping_20020927-3_i386.deb
iputils-tracepath_20020927-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-tracepath_20020927-3_i386.deb
iputils_20020927-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils_20020927-3.diff.gz
iputils_20020927-3.dsc
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils_20020927-3.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 305062@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> (supplier of updated iputils package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:54:50 -0400
Source: iputils
Binary: iputils-ping iputils-tracepath iputils-arping
Architecture: source i386
Version: 3:20020927-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Changed-By: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Description: 
 iputils-arping - Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address
 iputils-ping - Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
 iputils-tracepath - Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
Closes: 139151 141799 180903 186745 305062 330909
Changes: 
 iputils (3:20020927-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * only requst AF_INET address in ping and tracepath, since these
     tools only deal with IPv4 addresses.  (Closes: Bug#305062)
   * SO_TIMESTAMP is no longer broken on SPARC so its use is no longer
     disabled.  (Closes: Bug#330909)
   * Report all valid ICMP response types in ping (Closes: Bug#186745)
   * Don't print out a bogus and broken statistics line upon exit
     if using -A and pinging an unresponsive host.  (Closes: Bug#180903)
   * Provide a somewhat more descriptive warning if CONFIG_FILTER is
     not supported in the kernel.  This shouldn't matter anymore, since
     it's always enabled on modern kernels.  (Closes: Bug#139151)
   * Use debhelper compat level 4.
   * Move binaries to /usr/bin (Closes: Bug#141799)
Files: 
 6d22e59e3f93dde9a934ed5848e664c3 633 net extra iputils_20020927-3.dsc
 ad353a90e9775a6ab69506b9f234a7d5 10138 net extra iputils_20020927-3.diff.gz
 dd8cb69b3690f242628346b7939ce310 40488 net important iputils-ping_20020927-3_i386.deb
 17513b573e6e1bab2a5bd5adaefb8058 25636 net optional iputils-tracepath_20020927-3_i386.deb
 e76d6490491a6da089bd9d21628a877f 18764 net extra iputils-arping_20020927-3_i386.deb

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