* Having openbsd's version of netcat the Cygwin package setup?
@ 2012-05-07 19:28 Marilo
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From: Marilo @ 2012-05-07 19:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
--- On Sun, 6/5/12, JonY wrote:
> From: JonY
> Subject: Re: How do I build this program for Cygwin?
> To: cygwin
> Date: Sunday, 6 May, 2012, 23:52
>> On 5/7/2012 04:55, Marilo wrote:
>> ...
>> It(that GNU version) doesn't have -X proto (either), but it's nice to
>> have GNU
>> netcat 0.7.1 to know what it looks like.. (not too different
>> from the one in cygwin!).. And now I know it can be done!
>
> I think that's BSD netcat.
>
>
>
Thanks for pointing that out.. it's a great lead.
This link from 2006 mentions somebody looking for openbsd's version netcat
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-04/msg00490.html
"
.....it's an openbsd fork off the original netcat that I
never heard of before. Cool. I'll see if it builds for cygwin.
cheers,
DaveK
"
I found it here now ported to Cygwin-
http://www.daemon.de/Netcat
doing -? and -h , I see -X proto
It needn't be in place of the current nc
We've got the GNU one ported too, - mark found the modification to the "configure" file to get it running.
So I use ncgnu.exe ncopenbsd.exe
The author of openbsd version of nc ported to cygwin posted on here in March 2011
"OpenBSD version of netcat ported to cygwin"
http://readlist.com/lists/cygwin.com/cygwin/10/50653.html
But looks like adding it to the cygwin packages didn't happen.
I would guess that maybe the threat of pulling the current nc, and replacing it, could be a bit of a disincentive to somebody looking to become a cygwin package maintainer of the openbsd version of the cygwin port. So maybe that's why it didn't quite happen, but that's just a guess. Anyhow since they are different versions, I suppose they could live alongside each other/ both be available.
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