Bug#345331: net-tools: The bug still exists

[Victor Tuska]

Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60-17
Followup-For: Bug #345331

I can confirm that this bug exists and the proposed patch solves it.

Is there any reason why the patch have not merged yet?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
 APT prefers stable
 APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages net-tools depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

net-tools recommends no packages.