Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:33:50 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: "James E. Housley" <jeh@FreeBSD.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net Makefile ports/net/tcpcat Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-plist Message-ID: <20001029143350.Y37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <20001029211855.A500@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 09:18:56PM %2B0200 References: <200010291223.EAA04156@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001029140801.X37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20001029211855.A500@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 09:18:56PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> Also, netcat has some problems when reading from a pipe - sometimes it fails
> to detect end-of-input, and just hangs there, waiting for never. tcpcat
> does not have this problem.
Someone imported another utility recently based on this reason.
*shrug*, its good to cover all known programs, but pretty soon we'll need
ports/utilities-to-act-as-a-basic-socket-echo-program
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Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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