gnome-nettool ping fails with ping: invalid option -- 'b'

[Arnaud Soyez]

Binary package hint: gnome-nettool

When trying to ping i get this:

$ gnome-nettool -p 72.249.171.160
ping: invalid option -- 'b'
?: not implemented

gnome-nettool: 2.22.1-0ubuntu1
Release: Intrepid

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-nettool
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-nettool 2.22.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/scripts
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-nettool
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report, not confirming, tried the same command and it works fine for me. this needs to be confirmed by someone else having the issue.

[Cristian Barahona G. (cristianvirtual)]

I could't reproduce the bug. when I execute "gnome-nettool -p 72.249.171.160" the application it works without problems.

[Felipe Venegas (fvenegas)]

when I execute "$ gnome-nettool -p 72.249.171.160", the application works without any problem.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

More info:

As the error comes from ping, I tried this:

$ ping -b 72.249.171.160
ping: invalid option -- 'b'
?: not implemented

So it should be coming from ping itself?
Can someone second that? What is the -b option? I don't see it in my "man ping" page.

this might be useful (both contains /bin/ping):

inetutils-ping:
  Installed : 2:1.5.dfsg.1-8ubuntu1
iputils-ping:
  Installed : (none)

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

Huh, why invalid already? we didn't figure out this bug comes only from ping. It could be a wrong dependency or sthg like that.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

There's in fact a wrong depency: ping. This package doesn't exist.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

It's a virtual package for
  inetutils-ping 2:1.5.dfsg.1-8ubuntu1
  iputils-ping 3:20071127-1
but which of them should be installed?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Ok launchpad is not making things great today, I did commented here, but anyways. This is not a gnome-nettool issue since ubuntu ship as default iputils-ping and not inetutils-ping which is why the program doesn't work, you can either submit a wishlist bug for inetutils-ping requesting the -b option or submit a new bug upstream (bugzilla.ngome.org) for gnome-nettool asking for compatibility with that program. thanks you.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

Ok, thanks for your help!