Hello!

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 04:41:36PM -0500, Travis H. wrote:
>My first port, be gentle.

>This is GNU netcat, which exists since the original nc is no longer
>being maintained, I guess.

>I sort of created this without realizing nc was already in /usr/bin.

>Anyhow, it's GNU, but I have no idea how to set PERMIT_* --- the
>porting checklist gives no guidance, and I'm certainly not a lawyer. 
>Perhaps some sort of advice would be useful here?  Even if it's just
>"GPL means PERMIT_DISTFILES_* are Yes, but PERMIT_PACKAGE_* are set to
>GPL".

PERMIT_* is Yes for GPL.

>When I did a lib-depends-check, I got:
>Missing system lib: c.38 (/usr/local/bin/netcat)

Have you set WANTLIB= c (at least)?

>Also, I think it may depend on libiconv, but I'm not sure.

Check ldd /usr/local/bin/netcat.

>In any
>case, this worked for me, please let me know your results if you have
>time to try it.

Not tried yet.

Kind regards,

Hannah.

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