[Bug 545075] Re: Netcat-openbsd package from ubuntu-minimal doesn't work with echo

[doru001]

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.

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

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
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Bug description:
  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

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