gnu: Add net-tools.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (net-tools): New variable.

1 files changed, 80 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 38bff72933..06b0b6da99 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
+  #:use-module ((gnu packages gettext)
+                #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'g:))
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
@@ -566,3 +568,81 @@ controls IPv4 and IPv6 configuration and tc stands for traffic control.  Both
 tools print detailed usage messages and are accompanied by a set of
 manpages.")
     (license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public net-tools
+  ;; XXX: This package is basically unmaintained, but it provides a few
+  ;; commands not yet provided by Inetutils, such as 'route', so we have to
+  ;; live with it.
+  (package
+    (name "net-tools")
+    (version "1.60")
+    (home-page "http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append home-page "/" name "-"
+                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "0yvxrzk0mzmspr7sa34hm1anw6sif39gyn85w4c5ywfn8inxvr3s"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases (alist-replace
+                 'patch
+                 (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                   (define (apply-patch file)
+                     (zero? (system* "patch" "-p1" "--batch"
+                                     "--input" file)))
+
+                   (let ((patch.gz (assoc-ref inputs "patch")))
+                     (format #t "applying Debian patch set '~a'...~%"
+                             patch.gz)
+                     (system (string-append "gunzip < " patch.gz " > the-patch"))
+                     (pk 'here)
+                     (and (apply-patch "the-patch")
+                          (for-each apply-patch
+                                    (find-files "debian/patches"
+                                                "\\.patch")))))
+                 (alist-replace
+                  'configure
+                  (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                    (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                      (mkdir-p (string-append out "/bin"))
+                      (mkdir-p (string-append out "/sbin"))
+
+                      ;; Pretend we have everything...
+                      (system "yes | make config")
+
+                      ;; ... except we don't have libdnet, so remove that
+                      ;; definition.
+                      (substitute* '("config.make" "config.h")
+                        (("^.*HAVE_AFDECnet.*$") ""))))
+                  %standard-phases))
+
+       ;; Binaries that depend on libnet-tools.a don't declare that
+       ;; dependency, making it parallel-unsafe.
+       #:parallel-build? #f
+
+       #:tests? #f                                ; no test suite
+       #:make-flags (list "CC=gcc"
+                          (string-append "BASEDIR="
+                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
+
+    ;; Use the big Debian patch set (the thing does not even compile out of
+    ;; the box.)
+    (inputs `(("patch" ,(origin
+                         (method url-fetch)
+                         (uri
+                          "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_1.60-24.2.diff.gz")
+                         (sha256
+                          (base32
+                           "0p93lsqx23v5fv4hpbrydmfvw1ha2rgqpn2zqbs2jhxkzhjc030p"))))))
+    (native-inputs `(("gettext" ,g:gettext)))
+
+    (synopsis "Tools for controlling the network subsystem in Linux")
+    (description
+     "This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
+subsystem of the Linux kernel.  This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,
+netstat, rarp and route.  Additionally, this package contains utilities
+relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, slattach) and
+advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr).")
+    (license gpl2+)))