Public bug reported: I need to scan for an ip address based on MAC address and wanted to use the utility arping.
Unfortunatly there are TWO different versions of the program with the exact same name. arping has dependancies with network-manager network- manager-gnome and ubuntu-desktop making the package arping impossible to install as iputils-arping is default. And iputils-arping doesn't have the option to use a MAC address to arp to receive the IP address. This discussion (from 2005) sums it up in the end as well. (why does this issue still exist?) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/how-to-find-ip-address-of-a-machine-if-i-know-their-mac-address-353239/ What procedure needs to be followed in order to get one of the programmers to rename their program, or to repackage the ubuntu package arping so that it creates /usr/bin/arpingmac or something similar instead of the naming conflict? kat@tabbykat:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 arping: Geïnstalleerd: (geen) Kandidaat: 2.09-2 Versietabel: 2.09-2 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages kat@tabbykat:~$ apt-cache policy iputils-arping iputils-arping: Geïnstalleerd: 3:20100418-3ubuntu1 Kandidaat: 3:20100418-3ubuntu1 Versietabel: *** 3:20100418-3ubuntu1 0 500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What I expected to happen: arping -i eth1 00:E0:29:XX:YY:ZZ returns 60 bytes from 192.168.0.AAA (00:e0:29:XX:YY:ZZ): icmp_seq=0 time=47.922 usec What I really get kat@tabbykat:~$ arping -I eth0 00:21:00:xx:xx:xx arping: unknown host 00:21:00:xx:xx:xx ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: arping (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 25 08:36:38 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=nl_NL:en LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: arping UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: arping (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/833546 Title: iputils-arping conflicts with package arping because of same name To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arping/+bug/833546/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
