Hi, I get a strange error message when starting xtraceroute 0.9.2
--- diode@sk | 0 | /usr/local/share/xtraceroute | $ xtraceroute sk...@skapf.de calltrace DEBUG: spinner_ref: "traceroute" count: 0 -> 1 /usr/sbin/traceroute is there and looks OK. /usr/bin/host is there and looks OK. /usr/local/share/xtraceroute/xtraceroute-resolve-location.sh is there and looks OK. Loading texture from file "/usr/local/share/xtraceroute/earth.png"... Done! Texture size is 800x400 Loading texture from file "/usr/local/share/xtraceroute/night.png"... Done! Texture size is 800x400 Found a hosts.cache with 9548 entries. Can't open the database file /usr/local/share/xtraceroute/site_hosts.cache!(In mode r) Can't open the database file /home/sk/.xt/user_hosts.cache!(In mode r) Found a networks.cache with 260 entries. Can't open the database file /usr/local/share/xtraceroute/site_networks.cache!(In mode r) Can't open the database file /home/sk/.xt/user_networks.cache!(In mode r) Can't open the database file /home/sk/.xt/user_generic.cache!(In mode r) Known countries: 245 Built-in database: 95 DEBUG: spinner_ref: "host" count: 1 -> 2 Strange version of the "host" program found! I can't use this, see the man page for details. DEBUG: spinner_unref: "host" count: 2 -> 1 --- In /usr/local/share/xtraceroute/xtraceroute-resolve-location.sh in line 72 I found RESPONSE=`$HOST -t LOC -x $STRING 2>&1` where $HOST is the path to the host(1) program When I look in the man page for host(1) there are options host [-46aCdilrsTVvw] [-c class] [-m flag] [-N ndots] [-R number] [-t type] [-W wait] name [server] But no -x option. Is there a workaround or bugfix? Regards, Stefan