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FS#4715 - Replace the original Netcat with GNU's Netcat in Pacman repository

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ofer Shaked (NoX) - Saturday, 27 May 2006, 11:20 GMT
Last edited by James Rayner (iphitus) - Sunday, 15 October 2006, 11:49 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Tom Killian (tomk)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 1.2.7
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I suggest to replace the original Netcat with GNU's Netcat in pacman repository, because of the following reasons:
1. GNU's Netcat comes with more options
2. GNU's Netcat comes with a manual (try 'man netcat' or 'man nc' after installing Netcat using pacman - voila - it doesn't work)
3. GNU's Netcat has a bug tracking system
4. GNU's Netcat has a CVS repository
5. GNU's Netcat is now the default in most of the distros, because it is better

For all those reasons, I'd recommend replacing the original Netcat with GNU's Netcat.

Additional links:
1. The thread in the forum where all of this started: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=166953
2. GNU's Netcat webpage: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/
3. The original Netcat webpage: http://www.vulnwatch.org/netcat/
4. GNU's Netcat which provided by tomk in AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=5367
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Closed by  Tom Killian (tomk)
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 22:02 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented

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