FS#18766 - [gnu-netcat] in base system
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Arch Linux
Opened by ux (ubitux) - Saturday, 20 March 2010, 22:43 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 06:14 GMT
Opened by ux (ubitux) - Saturday, 20 March 2010, 22:43 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 06:14 GMT
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I think it would be really nice to have Netcat in the base
system, or at least in the install image. It takes only
120kB, which is nothing, and it helps a lot when installing
Archlinux on an exotic network.
I expected a lots of troubles having a working network at my university due to proxies and a special way of authentication. Not having netcat was a real pain. |
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Closed by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 06:14 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 06:14 GMT
Reason for closing: No response
nc symlink will be added in next version.
Adding dieter to bugreport for official install media
* netcat is not needed to get a system running, so should _not_ go into base. about core i'm not sure. (inetutils is in core) this is something which can better be answered by real packagers
* what do you need it for on the installation media? define "special way of authentication"? do you mean radius?
@ubitux: this is not about installing netcat to the target system. it's about having netcat available in the installation environment.
@Dieter: the "special way of authentication" is referring to an internal private text protocol we used. Not being authenticated simply means you can't access to the outside.