I can't reproduce it on debian sparc64 sid
$ uname -a
Linux v215 4.13.0-rc3-00383-g0fdd951c9bef #369 SMP Mon Aug 7 00:24:44
MSK 2017 sparc64 GNU/Linux
$ dpkg -S `which host`
bind9-host: /usr/bin/host
$ dpkg -l bind9-host strace libc6
||/ Name Version Architecture
Description
+++-===============================-====================-
ii bind9-host 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12. sparc64
Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
ii libc6:sparc64 2.24-12 sparc64
GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii strace 4.15-2 sparc64
System call tracer
running "strace host" expectedly ends with printing host usage
information and return/exit code 1
