Bug#898978: iputils-ping: ping fails to work with puny encoded domains with LC_ALL=C

Package: iputils-ping Version: 3:20161105-1 Followup-For: Bug #898978 Hi, FYI I submitted upstream patch fixing this issue. You're welcome to test it. https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues/130 Kind regards, Petr

Bug#898978: iputils-ping: ping fails to work with puny encoded domains with LC_ALL=C

Package: iputils-ping Version: 3:20161105-1 Severity: normal Hello, while researching the culprit for https://bugs.debian.org/895558 I found that check_ping sets LC_ALL=C before executing ping, which then reports failure if the hostname to check is puny encoded: $ LC_ALL=C ping