netcat alternative command line incompatible in lynx
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| netcat (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: netcat
Lucid lynx ended up with both netcat.traditional and netcat.openbsd installed. It seems that this occured during today's update:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
iso-codes librasqal2 linux-image-
xserver-
The following packages will be upgraded:
...
Having both packages installed should not be a problem, but the since the new default (via etc/alternatives) is netcat.openbsd, some scripts don't work due to changed command line syntax:
Start nc.traditional in listening mode, bound to port 1024:
nc -vnlp 1024
Start nc.openbsd in listening mode, bound to port 1024:
nc -vnl 1024
Since I did not find a command line that works with both, this might be annoying.
(It seems that the dependency on netcat.openbsd is from ubuntu-minimal package, perhaps this might also be a bug)
