Re: gnu-netcat

[Jonatan Schlag <jonatan.schlag@ipfire.org>]

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Hi *,

In my memories, it was the other way around.  We have and ncat for libvirtd because gnu-netcat doesn’t support sockets. So I am fine with dropping this. 

Jonatan 

> Am 27.11.2022 um 13:10 schrieb Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>:
> 
> Hello Adolf,
> 
> If I remember this correctly, we have gnu-netcat because libvirtd only works with that one.
> 
> Jonatan might now. I copied him in the hope he will see this email.
> 
> -Michael
> 
>> On 24 Nov 2022, at 17:48, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> IPFire has nmap/ncat as an addon which is under ongoing development.
>> 
>> I have noticed that we also have gnu-netcat as an addon, which was last updated in 2004.
>> 
>> Do we need to have gnu-netcat from 2004 when we have nmap/ncat.
>> 
>> 
>> If the decision is that we don't need it then I would raise a patch to remove it from IPFire.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Adolf.
>> 
>> 
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