Bug 72838

Summary:	The netcat ebuild does not support USE="ipv6"
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mark Miller <mark>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project <netmon>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mark Miller 2004-11-29 10:59:36 UTC

I wanted to get netcat working with IPv6 support, and attempted to USE="ipv6" emerge netcat, which did not work. I then noticed on freshmeat the IPv6 branch of netcat (http://freshmeat.net/projects/netcat/?branch_id=40599) Is there a way possible to incorporate this into the ebuild of netcat or a seperate ebuild?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. USE="ipv6" emerge netcat
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Actual Results:  
netcat does not have IPv6 support

Expected Results:  
Allowed me to connect to an IPv6 host

Comment 1 Adrian Frühwirth 2004-11-29 11:15:50 UTC

net-misc/nc6 supports both ipv4 and ipv6.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-11-29 14:02:57 UTC

yeah, you really cant file bug reports with little information

USE=ipv6 applies an ipv6 patch to netcat