netcat port does not provide a way to compile with GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE

[jason.dusek@…]

There should be a way to compile netcat with the GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE flag -- otherwise, important functionality is unavailable.

I am a little fuzzy on my Portfile syntax and have forgotten how to make this happen :(

[jason.dusek@…]

So if we add a variant, the problem is partially fixed:

variant gaping {
	build.target-append	CFLAGS="-O -DGAPING_SECURITY_HOLE"
}

However, the very common and helpful -c option is only available with some patches I need to find and add yet.

[ghosthound]

This was left off on purpose, can you provide a good rational for why it should be enabled (as a variant) for everyone? You certainly can add the variant to your local copy (there should also be something about how to do a local ports tree in the guide/docs), the variant snibbet above looks good. If you find the patches for -c I'll have a look at those as well.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[tobypeterson]

No response in 11 months, closing.