[Bug 294334] nc(1) doesn't print any error message when connection is refused

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From: <bugzilla-noreply_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:38:31 UTC

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294334

Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |Works As Intended
                 CC|                            |des@FreeBSD.org
             Status|New                         |Closed

--- Comment #1 from Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> ---
This is intentional: netcat is designed to try any number of addresses and
ports until one succeeds (for instance, if you give it a host name which
resolves to multiple addresses) and there is no correct answer to the question
of which error(s) to report in such a scenario: all, or just one?  If just one,
which one?  What if one is more significant than the others?  etc.

Use the -v option if you want explicit error messages for every failed
operation.

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