/etc/resolv.conf: search somedomain.com nameserver 1.2.3.4 (Some bogus address where bind isn't running) eth0 is configured as 192.168.0.2/24, default gw 192.168.0.1 ping 192.168.0.1 reports no replies or each reply is delayed by 4 seconds (first like 2 ms, next 4030, next 8030 etc) even though tcpdump shows normal operation (echo request and echo reply right after request). ping -n 192.168.0.1 works normally and reports correct times. Tested on i386 platform, iputils-20000121-2
This is as documented in the man page. You've always needed to specify -n for numeric output, modulo a bug in what the default was that is fixed in this release. (But yes, I preferred the old behaviour too.)
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