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

[Hans J. Koch]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:06:53PM +0100, Piotr Lewandowski wrote:
> 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

Ah, sorry, the server is not a Debian box, it's Fedora (FC12). I think we
shouldn't assume all the world runs Debian. There is only one nc package in
FC12, and it definetly doesn't know -q.

> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep netcat | cut -c5-64
> netcat-openbsd                          1.89-3
> 
> Thus, lowering severity (the package *is* usable).

No, it isn't if you run FC12 servers.

Thanks,
Hans