Description of problem: $ ping -i 0.2 localhost ping: bad timing interval $ echo $LC_NUMERIC hr_HR.utf8 $ LC_NUMERIC=en_US.utf8 $ ping -i 0.2 localhost PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.058 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): iputils-20140519-6.fc23.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. In terminal: LC_NUMERIC=hr_HR.utf8 2. ping -i 0.2 localhost Actual results: ping: bad timing interval Expected results: That commands doesn't change behavior depending on selected locale settings. Additional info: I found this old bug report while searching and sure enough helped in debugging this problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905840
Fixed upstream: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/37
iputils-20140519-7.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-a11ccc5623
iputils-20140519-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update iputils' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-a11ccc5623
iputils-20140519-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.