[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#573172: libvirt0: netcat -q option prevents remote connections

[Piotr Lewandowski]

severity 573172 normal
thanks

* Hans J. Koch <hjk at linutronix.de>, 2010-03-09 15:44:
>Package: libvirt0
>Version: 0.7.7-1
>Severity: grave
>Justification: renders package unusable
>
>When I use virt-manager, every attempt to connect to a remote server ends with
>
>server closed connection: nc: invalid option -- 'q'
>
>The server runs Fedora, with an openbsd nc installed. It knows the option -U
>so I don't have the problem reported in #538799. Unfortunately, nc.openbsd
>doesn't know -q. On the other hand, nc.traditional knows -q, but not -U.
>The usage of both options in one nc commandline completly breaks things.

My nc.openbsd knows about '-q' option:

$ nc.openbsd -h 2>&1 | grep -o -- '-q.*'
-q secs         quit after EOF on stdin and delay of secs

$ dpkg -l | grep netcat | cut -c5-64
netcat-openbsd                          1.89-3

Thus, lowering severity (the package *is* usable).

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Piotr Lewandowski