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Description of problem:
If netcat and nmap-ncat are installed at the same time, the nc alias points to netcat in rhel9.3
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhel9.3 distro: RHEL-9.3.0-20230517.0
rhel9.2 distro: RHEL-9.2.0-20230517.49
How reproducible: 100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure epel repo
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch
# It is much more secure to use the metalink, but if you wish to use a local mirror
# place its address here.
#baseurl=https://download.example/pub/epel/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/
metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-$releasever&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
countme=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-$releasever
2. install nc
# yum install nc
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 1:46:50 ago on Fri 19 May 2023 03:43:20 AM EDT.
Package netcat-1.219-2.el9.x86_64 is already installed.
Package nmap-ncat-3:7.92-1.el9.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
3. check the alias name
Actual results:
rhel9.2
# alternatives --list
libnssckbi.so.x86_64 auto /usr/lib64/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so
soelim auto /usr/bin/soelim.groff
iptables auto /usr/sbin/iptables-nft
ebtables auto /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft
arptables auto /usr/sbin/arptables-nft
cifs-idmap-plugin auto /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
man auto /usr/bin/man.man-db
ld auto /usr/bin/ld.bfd
nc auto /usr/bin/ncat
cdrecord auto /usr/bin/xorrecord
mkisofs auto /usr/bin/xorrisofs
# file /usr/bin/nc
/usr/bin/nc: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/nc
# file /etc/alternatives/nc
/etc/alternatives/nc: symbolic link to /usr/bin/ncat
rhel9.3
# alternatives --list
libnssckbi.so.x86_64 auto /usr/lib64/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so
soelim auto /usr/bin/soelim.groff
iptables auto /usr/sbin/iptables-nft
ebtables auto /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft
arptables auto /usr/sbin/arptables-nft
cifs-idmap-plugin auto /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so
man auto /usr/bin/man.man-db
ld auto /usr/bin/ld.bfd
nc auto /usr/bin/netcat
cdrecord auto /usr/bin/xorrecord
mkisofs auto /usr/bin/xorrisofs
qtchooser-5 auto /etc/xdg/qtchooser/5-64.conf
qtchooser-default auto /etc/xdg/qtchooser/5.conf
# file /usr/bin/nc
/usr/bin/nc: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/nc
# file /etc/alternatives/nc
/etc/alternatives/nc: symbolic link to /usr/bin/netcat
Expected results:
nc should point to ncat
Additional info:
Comment 1RHEL Program Management
2023-09-21 20:19:02 UTC
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Comment 2RHEL Program Management
2023-09-21 20:24:54 UTC
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