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Bug 516886 - net-analyzer/smokeping-2.6.9 should depend on net-analyzer/fping-3.9[suid]
Summary: net-analyzer/smokeping-2.6.9 should depend on net-analyzer/fping-3.9[suid]
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Netmon project
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Reported: 2014-07-11 09:43 UTC by andcycle-gentoo.bugs
Modified: 2014-07-11 12:44 UTC (History)
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Description andcycle-gentoo.bugs 2014-07-11 09:43:30 UTC 
recently net-analyzer/fping-3.9 got stable,
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507966
it has a new use flag suid which doesn't exist in last stable version fping-3.0,

without it basically break smokeping because it run as smokeping user 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
emerge smokeping, using default environment
Actual Results:  
error message from fping

(null): can't create raw socket (must run as root?) : Permission denied
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-07-11 12:44:25 UTC 
Fixed without a revision bump.