Sergio found that reinstalling iputils-ping did indeed seem to lead to success.
I didn't spot a matching iputils bug report, though this one feels close: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1302192 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936437 Title: Backuppc autopkgtest fails doing ping6 due to 'Operation not permitted' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backuppc/+bug/1936437/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
