Public bug reported: hitting this bug https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues/68
adudek@ncs-playground-1:$ more /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS" adudek@ncs-playground-1:~$ apt-cache policy iputils-tracepath iputils-tracepath: Installed: 3:20161105-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 3:20161105-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3:20161105-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status adudek@ncs-playground-1:~$ adudek@ncs-playground-1:$ traceroute6 2003:xxxx:xxxx:ffff::2001 traceroute to 2003:xxxx:xxxx:ffff::2001 (2003:xxxx:xxxx:ffff::2001) from 2003:x:x:x::xxxx, 30 hops max, 24 byte packets sendto: Invalid argument 1 traceroute: wrote 2003:xxxx:xxxx:ffff::2001 24 chars, ret=-1 *sendto: Invalid argument traceroute: wrote 2003:xxxx:xxxx:ffff::2001 24 chars, ret=-1 adudek@ncs-playground-1:$ traceroute6 -V traceroute6 utility, iputils-s20161105 This issue is fixed in s20180629 and later of iputils. This impacts everyone who is uses IPv6 and is not able to troubleshoot using traceroute because of this. There is no workaround for this except by installing a later version manually. ** Affects: iputils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825845 Title: traceroute6 is broken for ipv6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1825845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs