Bug#554523: ncftp cannot resolve hostnames

Package: ncftp
Version: 2:3.2.2-1
Severity: normal

A short session log:
$ ncftp ftp.tug.org
NcFTP 3.2.2 (Sep 04, 2008) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Resolving ftp.tug.org...
Unknown host "ftp.tug.org".
ncftp> quit
$ ping ftp.tug.org
PING tug.org (130.225.2.178) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from tug.org (130.225.2.178): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=313 ms
^C
--- tug.org ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 1 received, 50% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 313.020/313.020/313.020/0.000 ms
$ ncftp ftp.tug.org
NcFTP 3.2.2 (Sep 04, 2008) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Connecting to 130.225.2.178...
ProFTPD 1.3.2b Server (tug) [130.225.2.178]
Logging in...
Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply
Logging in...

The strange thing that this is happening *every* time I start
ncftp without having contacted ftp.tug.org before.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ncftp depends on:
ii libc6 2.10.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand

ncftp recommends no packages.

ncftp suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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