Bug 293276

Summary:	netcat should be included on install cd-images
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	meyerm
Component:	InstallCD	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	autobuild
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description meyerm 2009-11-15 14:07:19 UTC

I really like the gentoo install ISO since a lot of useful tools for RAID, LVM, Crypt (and even screen and vi ;-) ) are included. To make it even more useful, it would be great to have netcat and telnet included on the CD, too. Both programs are quite small and very useful when messing around with your network.

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-15 20:24:40 UTC

This argument has been done to death. The install/minimal CD contains just the tools needed for installation and nothing else.