bug#38286: closed ([PATCH] gnu: Add netcat-openbsd.)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add netcat-openbsd. Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 02:10:34 +0000 User-agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.1.7-578-g826f590-fmstable-20191119v1

This patch adds the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, as ported to GNU/Linux by Debian.

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Alex Griffin

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> Pushed as 377606238f0260a849a1f529d94e1546276a5db6.
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> Alex Griffin
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> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, at 11:03 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hello!
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> > "Alex Griffin" <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > > From 41abd13973e20750815b5f395acb9fc4893c6817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Alex Griffin <address@hidden>
> > > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:59:32 -0600
> > > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add netcat-openbsd.
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> > > * gnu/packages/admin.scm (netcat-openbsd): New variable.
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> > Overall LGTM; I like that we’re not taking responsibility for all these
> > patches.  :-)
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> > > +    (source (origin
> > > +              (method git-fetch)
> > > +              (uri (git-reference
> > > +                    (url 
> > > "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/netcat-openbsd.git";)
> > > +                    (commit (string-append "debian/" version))))
> > > +              (sha256
> > > +               (base32
> > > +                "0j85gzbjzs6yrhgabh3zkwzd27qkr5s0zjjczl0hah8q7yhrjk3m"))))
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> > I suspect ‘guix lint’ suggests a ‘file-name’ field here.  :-)
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> > > +    (home-page "https://packages.debian.org/sid/netcat-openbsd";)
> > > +    (synopsis "TCP/IP swiss army knife")
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> > Could you make that more factual, like “Read and write data over TCP/IP”
> > (same as for ‘netcat’ actually)?
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> > > +    (description
> > > +     "A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
> >          ^
> > Please write full sentences.
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> > OK to push with changes along these lines!
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> > Thanks,
> > Ludo’.
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