[Buildroot] [PATCH] tcping: new package

[Arnaud Rébillout]

Thanks for the recommandation ! I'll keep that in mind for the next patch !

On 09/13/2013 11:24 AM, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Arnaud" == Arnaud Rébillout <rebillout at syscom.ch> writes:
> Hi,
>
>   Arnaud> tcping does a TCP connect to the given ip/port combination. The user can
>   Arnaud> specify a timeout in seconds. This is useful in shell scripts running in
>   Arnaud> firewalled environments. Often SYNs are just being dropped by firewalls,
>   Arnaud> thus connection establishment will be retried several times (for minutes)
>   Arnaud> until a TCP timeout is reached. With tcping it is possible to check first
>   Arnaud> if the desired port is reachable and then start connection establishment.
>
>   Arnaud> http://www.linuxco.de/tcping/tcping.html
>
>   Arnaud> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Rébillout <rebillout at syscom.ch>
>   Arnaud> ---
>
> Please clearly mark patch version and what you have changed to ease
> review. The way to do this is to add the revision after PATCH in subject
> (E.G. [PATCHv2]) and to write a small change long here under the ---
> line.
>
>   Arnaud>  package/Config.in        |  1 +
>   Arnaud>  package/tcping/Config.in | 11 +++++++++++
>   Arnaud>  package/tcping/tcping.mk | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   Arnaud>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>   Arnaud>  create mode 100644 package/tcping/Config.in
>   Arnaud>  create mode 100644 package/tcping/tcping.mk
>
>   Arnaud> diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
>   Arnaud> index 2351839..fc1ec87 100644
>   Arnaud> --- a/package/Config.in
>   Arnaud> +++ b/package/Config.in
>   Arnaud> @@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ source "package/squid/Config.in"
>   Arnaud>  source "package/strongswan/Config.in"
>   Arnaud>  source "package/stunnel/Config.in"
>   Arnaud>  source "package/tcpdump/Config.in"
>   Arnaud> +source "package/tcping/Config.in"
>   Arnaud>  source "package/tcpreplay/Config.in"
>   Arnaud>  if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
>   Arnaud>  source "package/tftpd/Config.in"
>   Arnaud> diff --git a/package/tcping/Config.in b/package/tcping/Config.in
>   Arnaud> new file mode 100644
>   Arnaud> index 0000000..93cf322
>   Arnaud> --- /dev/null
>   Arnaud> +++ b/package/tcping/Config.in
>   Arnaud> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
>   Arnaud> +config BR2_PACKAGE_TCPING
>   Arnaud> +	bool "tcping"
>   Arnaud> +	help
>   Arnaud> +	  tcping does a TCP connect to the given ip/port combination. The user can
>   Arnaud> +	  specify a timeout in seconds. This is useful in shell scripts running in
>   Arnaud> +	  firewalled environments. Often SYNs are just being dropped by firewalls,
>   Arnaud> +	  thus connection establishment will be retried several times (for minutes)
>   Arnaud> +	  until a TCP timeout is reached. With tcping it is possible to check first
>   Arnaud> +	  if the desired port is reachable and then start connection establishment.
>   Arnaud> +
>
> The help lines are too long. Please wrap after ~column 70 so it fits
> into menuconfig with a normal 80char window.
>
>   Arnaud> +	  http://www.linuxco.de/tcping/tcping.html
>   Arnaud> diff --git a/package/tcping/tcping.mk b/package/tcping/tcping.mk
>   Arnaud> new file mode 100644
>   Arnaud> index 0000000..1472ad4
>   Arnaud> --- /dev/null
>   Arnaud> +++ b/package/tcping/tcping.mk
>   Arnaud> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
>   Arnaud> +################################################################################
>   Arnaud> +#
>   Arnaud> +# tcping
>   Arnaud> +#
>   Arnaud> +################################################################################
>   Arnaud> +
>   Arnaud> +TCPING_VERSION = 1.3.5
>   Arnaud> +TCPING_SITE = http://www.linuxco.de/tcping
>   Arnaud> +TCPING_LICENSE = GPLv3+
>   Arnaud> +TCPING_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
>   Arnaud> +
>   Arnaud> +define TCPING_BUILD_CMDS
>   Arnaud> +	$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CCFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" -C $(@D) tcping.linux
>
> You should also pass TARGET_LDFLAGS. As the Makefile is really simple I
> just added it to CCFLAGS.
>
> Committed with these minor fixes, thanks.
>


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