Netcat-openbsd package from ubuntu-minimal doesn't work with echo

[soulard morgan]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-minimal

netcat-openbsd from ubuntu-minimal doesn't work with the echo command.

netcat-traditional from Universe repository works but you have to remove netcat-openbsd, which depends on ubuntu-minimal.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 23 14:25:08 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: gnome-terminal 2.29.6-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Are you saying that ubuntu-minimal should not depend on netcat-openbsd, or that netcat-openbsd needs fixed to work with echo?

[doru001 (headset001)]

According to this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1792546
the manual TALKING TO SERVERS example:
$ echo -n "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n" | nc host.example.com 80
does not work unless -q-1 is specified in nc, but it works for nc in netcat-traditional. It appears that nc in netcat-openbsd ends immediately after it sends the echoed string to the server.

Also, echo -e is required, so the manual should also be corrected. This is also the case for netcat-traditional.

[doru001 (headset001)]

As the above mentioned thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1792546) says, this issue has been corrected in Natty:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcat-openbsd/+bug/544935