Yes I also ran into this same problem. $ traceroute6 -n 2001:4860:4860::8888 traceroute to 2001:4860:4860::8888 (2001:4860:4860::8888) from 2003:XXXXXX, 30 hops max, 24 byte packets sendto: Invalid argument 1 traceroute: wrote 2001:4860:4860::8888 24 chars, ret=-1 *sendto: Invalid argument traceroute: wrote 2001:4860:4860::8888 24 chars, ret=-1 *sendto: Invalid argument
$ traceroute6 -V traceroute6 utility, iputils-s20161105 $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic $ dpkg-query -s iputils-tracepath Package: iputils-tracepath Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 76 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Source: iputils Version: 3:20161105-1ubuntu2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn11 (>= 1.13) Suggests: traceroute Description: Tools to trace the network path to a remote host The tracepath utility is similar to the traceroute utility, but also attempts to discover the MTU of the path. Supports IPv4 and IPv6. Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans <no...@debian.org> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to iputils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798313 Title: traceoute6 gives error sendto: Invalid argument Status in Iputils: Fix Released Status in iputils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in iputils package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: When running the following command all get is an error. (traceroute6.db works) # traceroute6.iputils 2001:4860:4860::8888 traceroute to 2001:4860:4860::8888 (2001:4860:4860::8888) from 2a00:8780:3:42:b92a:b222:8bed:4a9b, 30 hops max, 24 byte packets sendto: Invalid argument 1 traceroute: wrote 2001:4860:4860::8888 24 chars, ret=-1 *sendto: Invalid argument traceroute: wrote 2001:4860:4860::8888 24 chars, ret=-1 *sendto: Invalid argument traceroute: wrote 2001:4860:4860::8888 24 chars, ret=-1 * This seems like a regression of Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843264 Package version installed: iputils-tracepath 3:20161105-1ubuntu2 amd64 # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/iputils/+bug/1798313/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
