gnu: Add Linux iproute2.

* gnu/packages/bdb.scm (bdb): Add `--enable-compat185'.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (iproute): New variable.

2 files changed, 67 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/bdb.scm b/gnu/packages/bdb.scm
index 9a626b17d7..75a2b72b44 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bdb.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bdb.scm
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@
             (system* "./dist/configure"
                      (string-append "--prefix=" out)
                      (string-append "CONFIG_SHELL=" (which "bash"))
-                     (string-append "SHELL=" (which "bash"))))))
+                     (string-append "SHELL=" (which "bash"))
+
+                     ;; The compatibility mode is needed by some packages,
+                     ;; notably iproute2.
+                     "--enable-compat185"))))
        %standard-phases)))
    (synopsis "db, the Berkeley database")
    (description
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 770dd6c5a7..0bc9fbcb5e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
   #:use-module ((gnu packages compression)
                 #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'guix:))
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libusb)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bdb)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
@@ -480,3 +482,63 @@ from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too.  The iptables
 package also includes ip6tables.  ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6
 packet filter.")
     (license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public iproute
+  (package
+    (name "iproute2")
+    (version "3.8.0")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append
+                   "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-"
+                   version ".tar.xz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "0kqy30wz2krbg4y7750hjq5218hgy2vj9pm5qzkn1bqskxs4b4ap"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f                                ; no test suite
+       #:make-flags (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+                      (list "DESTDIR="
+                            (string-append "LIBDIR=" out "/lib")
+                            (string-append "SBINDIR=" out "/sbin")
+                            (string-append "CONFDIR=" out "/etc")
+                            (string-append "DOCDIR=" out "/share/doc/"
+                                           ,name "-" ,version)
+                            (string-append "MANDIR=" out "/share/man")))
+       #:phases (alist-cons-before
+                 'install 'pre-install
+                 (lambda _
+                   ;; Don't attempt to create /var/lib/arpd.
+                   (substitute* "Makefile"
+                     (("^.*ARPDDIR.*$") "")))
+                 %standard-phases)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("iptables" ,iptables)
+       ("db4" ,bdb)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("flex" ,flex)
+       ("bison" ,bison)))
+    (home-page
+     "http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2")
+    (synopsis
+     "A collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic control in Linux")
+    (description
+     "Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP
+networking and traffic with the Linux kernel.
+
+Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as the
+primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave
+inadequately in modern network environments.  They should be deprecated, but
+most distros still include them.  Most network configuration systems make use
+of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set.  The /etc/net project aims
+to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and
+allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including
+traffic control.
+
+iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and
+consists of several tools, of which the most important are ip and tc.  ip
+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+)))