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[PATCH] gnu: Add mtr.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add mtr.
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:10:35 +0100

* gnu/packages/networking.scm (mtr): New public variable.
---

Guix,

This adds mtr, the “it can't not be in Guix already what am I searching
wrong!?” network monitor.

Kind regards,

T G-R

 gnu/packages/networking.scm | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 1f4906b7b..755f76b15 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -1536,3 +1536,34 @@ at the IP layer and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary
 functionality.  Using libnet, quick and simple packet assembly applications
 can be whipped up with little effort.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
+
+(define-public mtr
+  (package
+    (name "mtr")
+    (version "0.92")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/" name "/"
+                           name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "10j3ds3p27jygys4x08kj8fi3zlsgiv72xsfazkah6plwawrv5zj"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("libcap" ,libcap)
+       ("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
+    (native-inputs
+     ;; The 0.92 release tarball still requires the ‘autoheader’ tool.
+     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f))                    ; tests require network access
+    (home-page "https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/")
+    (synopsis "Network diagnostic tool")
+    (description
+     "@dfn{mtr} (My TraceRoute) combines the functionality of the
+@command{traceroute} and @command{ping} programs in a single network diagnostic
+tool.  @command{mtr} uses ICMP ECHO packets to detect intermediate routers (or
+@dfn{hops}) between the local host and a user-specified destination.  It then
+continually measures the response time and packet loss at each hop, and
+displays the results in real time.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))
-- 
2.15.0

Message #8 received at 29502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: 29502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29502] [PATCH] gnu: Add mtr.
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:13:11 +0100

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/networking.scm (mtr): New public variable.
> ---
>
> Guix,
>
> This adds mtr, the “it can't not be in Guix already what am I searching
> wrong!?” network monitor.

Heheh, I didn’t know it.  :-)  LGTM!

Ludo’.

Message #13 received at 29502-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org
Cc: 29502-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29502] [PATCH] gnu: Add mtr.
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:13:39 +0100

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 30/11/17 at 18:13:
> Heheh, I didn’t know it.  :-)  LGTM!

Thanks! Pushed as b59a8fd49afa79bb9c3bf5e71dce6f3eec2a0808.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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