iputils-ping

Binary packages in oldstable

Description

Tools to test the reachability of network hosts

Dependencies amd64

Depends

libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6)

Source package

Name

iputils

Version

3:20221126-1+deb12u1

Maintainer

Noah Meyerhans

Homepage

https://github.com/iputils/iputils/

Repository

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/iputils

Bugs (22 open)

Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.

• #1128644 important iputils-ping: ping fails in network namespace due to missing cap_net_raw+p on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by James Tocknell reported 22 Feb 2026 updated 24 Feb 2026 moreinfo
• #1084135 normal iputils-ping: wrong error message when linux-sysctl-defaults is not installed on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Alban Browaeys reported 5 Oct 2024 updated 18 Oct 2024
• #927332 normal iputils-ping: Wrong delay between request packets if system time bumped backwards on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Brendan Simon reported 18 Apr 2019 updated 18 Apr 2019 upstream
• #923318 normal long-running ping pegs cpu at 100% on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Toni reported 26 Feb 2019 updated 26 Feb 2019 upstream
• #831015 normal iputils-ping: ping netbios names on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by peekaa reported 13 Jul 2016 updated 13 Jul 2016
• #703216 normal iputils-ping: ping preload doesn't appear to work as advertised in the man page, works fine when strace'ing it on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Michael Chesterton reported 17 Mar 2013 updated 10 Nov 2016
• #650478 normal iputils-ping: ping very slow on some non-numeric destinations due to timeout on avahi-daemon socket on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Vincent Lefevre reported 30 Nov 2011 updated 30 Nov 2011
• #611976 normal Ping run takes zero time. on bugs.debian.org forwarded source iputils by Robert de Bath reported 4 Feb 2011 updated 5 Jul 2019 forwarded to github.com
• #578472 normal iputils-ping: please parse csfailed to gather_statistics() in ping.c on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Geoff Crompton reported 20 Apr 2010 updated 20 Apr 2010
• #553193 normal iputils-ping: ping -U doesn't do what it says it does on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Olaf van der Spek reported 29 Oct 2009 updated 29 Oct 2009
• #502659 normal iputils-ping: should display the time since last response when there is no response on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Russell Coker reported 19 Oct 2008 updated 19 Oct 2008
• #456192 normal ping -w -c and error responses weird output on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Ian Jackson reported 13 Dec 2007 updated 20 Dec 2007
• #456191 normal ping -w -c counts error responses towards exiting on bugs.debian.org forwarded source iputils by Ian Jackson reported 13 Dec 2007 updated 13 Nov 2024 forwarded to github.com patchupstream
• #912416 minor iputils-ping: the audible (-a) option does nothing on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Francesco Potortì reported 31 Oct 2018 updated 31 Oct 2018
• #673366 minor iputils-ping: ping6 can display wrong from ip address on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Robert Henney reported 18 May 2012 updated 18 May 2012
• #653476 minor ping6 -I option needs better documentation on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Bruce Robson reported 28 Dec 2011 updated 28 Dec 2011 ipv6
• #628511 minor iputils-ping: Ping unlawfully convert wrong or incomplete ip addresses on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by franchi reported 29 May 2011 updated 3 Jun 2011
• #495724 minor netkit-ping: ping man page should mention similar programs on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by James R. Van Zandt reported 20 Aug 2008 updated 20 Aug 2008
• #175855 minor ping6: document -r (DONTROUTE) option breakage on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Stephane Bortzmeyer reported 8 Jan 2003 updated 19 Dec 2006
• #146247 minor man page should have a RETURN VALUE section on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Shaul Karl reported 8 May 2002 updated 8 May 2002
• #980858 wishlist iputils-ping: ping handles link-local addresses in a too smart way on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Marc SCHAEFER reported 23 Jan 2021 updated 25 Jan 2021
• #143855 wishlist iputils-ping: please add "short output" option for -A like Cisco routers behave on bugs.debian.org pending source iputils by Marc Haber reported 21 Apr 2002 updated 21 Apr 2002