[Buildroot] netcat package?

Diego Iastrubni diegoiast at gmail.com
Wed Jul 24 12:30:05 UTC 2013


Use the busybox-menu command to configure busybox and use it's "nc" applet.
Use the extended commands and you are god to go.

(otherwise you don't have "nc -l" which I usually miss)


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:

> Hi Woody Wu,
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:07:01PM +0800, Woody Wu wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 06:34:44AM +0300, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:23:45AM +0800, Woody Wu wrote:
> > > > Is there a netcat package in buildroot?  I did not find it on the
> menu,
> > > > but just think buildroot should already have this famous tool.
> > >
> > > You should find the netcat package under "Networking applications".
> Make sure
> > > to select "Show packages that are also provided by busybox", otherwise
> the
> > > netcat package is not shown in the menu.
> >
> > Thanks baruchy.  When enabled 'Show packages provided by busybox' and
> > selected the 'nc', what 'nc' program will I finally get? I mean, the
> > busybox one or standalone one?
>
> That depends on whether you have netcat enabled in your busybox build (just
> run 'busybox' to see what applets you have enabled), and whether your
> /usr/bin/nc points to busybox, or is a real executable.
>
> baruch
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