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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/system.scm | 23 |
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/system.scm b/gnu/packages/system.scm index 3524544746..3115714b08 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/system.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/system.scm @@ -314,3 +314,26 @@ files, which contain information about the IANA-assigned port, protocol, and ONC RPC numbers") (home-page "http://packages.debian.org/sid/netbase") (license gpl2))) + +(define-public netcat + (package + (name "netcat") + (version "0.7.1") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/netcat/netcat-" + version ".tar.bz2")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1frjcdkhkpzk0f84hx6hmw5l0ynpmji8vcbaxg8h5k2svyxz0nmm")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (home-page "http://netcat.sourceforge.net") + (synopsis "Read and write data over TCP/IP") + (description + "Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data +across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a +reliable \"back-end\" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other +programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging +and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you +would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.") + (license gpl2+))) |