I don't claim that the packets are not being sent, but rather that the system does not work as expected out of the box when it did in a previous LTR. I don't really care what package is the cause except to help get the problem fixed. I have done as much debugging of this as I am capable since networking is not my area. If additional specific question need addressing, I can follow up.
** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to avahi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830531 Title: .local domain look ups do not trigger name publication Status in avahi package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On my local network I find that with 18.04 network name lookups using .local domains no not work unless stimulated by a non-18.04 machine first. This is observed for ssh, http, https and ping, but probably not limited to those. To demonstrate this here is a ping example. ~ $ ping pi.local ping: pi.local: Name or service not known ~ $ ping pi.local ping: pi.local: Name or service not known # At this point head to another machine running 16.04.6 and execute ping pi.local. # This is immediately successful. Then head back to the 18.04 machine. ~ $ ping pi.local PING pi.local (192.168.108.28) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from pi.this.domain (192.168.108.28): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.43 ms 64 bytes from pi.this.domain (192.168.108.28): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.64 ms 64 bytes from pi.this.domain (192.168.108.28): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=5.98 ms 64 bytes from pi.this.domain (192.168.108.28): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=5.84 ms ^C --- pi.local ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 7018ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.435/5.476/5.986/0.613 ms After a couple of minutes, the name resolution fails again, but can be brought back again by following the procedure above. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: avahi-daemon 0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-20.21~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun May 26 20:04:58 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-22 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) SourcePackage: avahi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/1830531/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp