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diff --git a/network/netcat-openbsd/README b/network/netcat-openbsd/README index 9431a830ae..09b5adca4e 100644 --- a/network/netcat-openbsd/README +++ b/network/netcat-openbsd/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across -network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. +Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across +network connections, using the TCP or UDP protocol. -It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly -or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a -feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create -almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting -built-in capabilities. +It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used +directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same +time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since +it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has +several interesting built-in capabilities. -This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support -for IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets. The installed binary is named -"nc.openbsd" and the manpage is as well. +This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, with Debian and +other patches, including support for IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets. +The installed binary is named "nc.openbsd" and the manpage is as well. -BTW, this package conflicts with the netcat in slackware as it creates -a symbolic link /usr/bin/nc (to let libvirt stuff work correctly), so +BTW, this package conflicts with the netcat in slackware as it creates a +symbolic link /usr/bin/nc (to let libvirt stuff work correctly), so remove netcat (nc) from your system before building/installing this. |