** Changed in: netcat-openbsd (Debian) Status: New => Fix Committed
-- 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/1767283 Title: nc doesn't support "-s IP" option Status in netcat-openbsd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in netcat-openbsd package in Debian: Fix Committed Bug description: Hey, netcat shows a usage error if i try to use the "-s" option: Example in Bionic: $ netcat -s 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 22 < /dev/null usage: nc [-46CDdFhklNnrStUuvZz] [-I length] [-i interval] [-M ttl] [-m minttl] [-O length] [-P proxy_username] [-p source_port] [-q seconds] [-s source] [-T keyword] [-V rtable] [-W recvlimit] [-w timeout] [-X proxy_protocol] [-x proxy_address[:port]] [destination] [port] Example in Xenial: netcat -s 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 22 < /dev/null SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.4 Manpage shows that the option is still availible and should work. Both systems use openbsd netcat. $ type netcat netcat is hashed (/bin/netcat) $ ls -lah /bin/netcat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Apr 25 21:56 /bin/netcat -> /etc/alternatives/netcat $ ls -lah /etc/alternatives/netcat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Apr 25 21:56 /etc/alternatives/netcat -> /bin/nc.openbsd ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: netcat-openbsd 1.187-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 27 13:41:20 2018 Dependencies: gcc-8-base 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 libbsd0 0.8.7-1 libc6 2.27-3ubuntu1 libgcc1 1:8-20180414-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm 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/1767283/+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