[Bug 1628910] [NEW] netcat silently fails without error message when not using -v

[Jon Forsberg]

Public bug reported:

$ nc localhost 1234

$ nc -v localhost 1234
nc: connect to localhost port 1234 (tcp) failed: Connection refused


even without the -v option I expect nc to report any errors to stderr instead of just exiting. i sometimes use nc together with tar as a simple file transfer tool and its pretty handy to know what is going on.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: netcat-openbsd 1.105-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Sep 29 12:37:32 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libbsd0 0.8.2-1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu3
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: netcat-openbsd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: netcat-openbsd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  netcat silently fails without error message when not using -v

Status in netcat-openbsd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ nc localhost 1234

  $ nc -v localhost 1234
  nc: connect to localhost port 1234 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

  
  even without the -v option I expect nc to report any errors to stderr instead of just exiting. i sometimes use nc together with tar as a simple file transfer tool and its pretty handy to know what is going on.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: netcat-openbsd 1.105-7ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 29 12:37:32 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
   libbsd0 0.8.2-1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu3
   libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: netcat-openbsd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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