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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu-system.am | 1 | ||||
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diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am index 62fd9e54f4..e21771c669 100644 --- a/gnu-system.am +++ b/gnu-system.am @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES = \ gnu/packages/skribilo.scm \ gnu/packages/slim.scm \ gnu/packages/smalltalk.scm \ + gnu/packages/socat.scm \ gnu/packages/ssh.scm \ gnu/packages/stalonetray.scm \ gnu/packages/swig.scm \ diff --git a/gnu/packages/socat.scm b/gnu/packages/socat.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7c0bc3d964 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/socat.scm @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU +;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; +;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at +;;; your option) any later version. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;;; GNU General Public License for more details. +;;; +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +(define-module (gnu packages socat) + #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix download) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu) + #:use-module (gnu packages openssl)) + +;; XXX: Group with other networking tools like tcpdump in a module? +(define-public socat + (package + (name "socat") + (version "1.7.2.4") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-" + version ".tar.bz2")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "028yjka2zr6j1i8pmfmvzqki8ajczdl1hnry1x31xbbg3j83jxsb")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (arguments '(#:tests? #f)) ;no 'check' phase + (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl))) + (home-page "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/") + (synopsis + "Open bidirectional communication channels from the command line") + (description + "socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent +data channels---files, pipes, devices, sockets, etc. It can create +\"listening\" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals. + +socat can be used, for instance, as TCP port forwarder, as a shell interface +to UNIX sockets, IPv6 relay, for redirecting TCP oriented programs to a serial +line, to logically connect serial lines on different computers, or to +establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client +or server shell scripts with network connections. ") + (license license:gpl2))) |