GNU bug report logs - #38666
Maybe netcat should support ipv6 ("-6" option)

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>

Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 01:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #17 received at 38666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 38666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38666: Maybe netcat should support ipv6 ("-6" option)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:11:51 -0400

Hi,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> maybe netcat should support ipv6 ("-6" option).
>
> The latest official release on Sourceforge doesn't have it but Debian includes a patch to add it.

Debian doesn't seem to be using GNU netcat anymore; their control file
[0] mentions the home page to be [1], and the version is at 1.10, not
that this is very useful.

I wouldn't remove the package since it seems to be still functioning
despite seemingly abandoned.

[0]  https://salsa.debian.org/debian/netcat/-/blob/master/debian/control
[1]  http://www.stearns.org/nc/
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