I also consider this to be a real bug. It breaks many many tests that I have. Debian had exactly this bug, and they fixed it.
The good news is that the bug has been fixed in debian.. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502188 It was fixed with a new version of quit-timer.patch http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/netcat-openbsd/1.89-4/quit-timer.patch possibly related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/201340 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #502188 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502188 -- netcat-openbsd exits too soon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs