Package Details: gnu-netcat 0.7.1-12

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/gnu-netcat.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: gnu-netcat
Description: GNU rewrite of netcat, the network piping application
Upstream URL: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/
Licenses: GPL-2.0-only
Provides: netcat
Replaces: netcat
Submitter: gromit
Maintainer: gromit
Last Packager: gromit
Votes: 50
Popularity: 2.78
First Submitted: 2025-09-13 10:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-09-13 10:14 (UTC)

Dependencies (2)

Required by (53)

Sources (1)

Pinned Comments

gromit commented on 2025-09-13 10:23 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-06 00:38 (UTC) by gromit)

Dropped this to the AUR from the official repos due to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gnu-netcat/-/issues/1, it is not considered maintained and you should most likely be using openbsd-netcat instead :)

Latest Comments

RubenKelevra commented on 2026-09-01 19:40 (UTC)

Does not compile.

==> Starting prepare()...
autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Copying file config.rpath
Copying file m4/build-to-host.m4
Copying file m4/gettext.m4
Copying file m4/host-cpu-c-abi.m4
Copying file m4/iconv.m4
Copying file m4/intlmacosx.m4
Copying file m4/lib-ld.m4
Copying file m4/lib-link.m4
Copying file m4/lib-prefix.m4
Copying file m4/nls.m4
Copying file m4/po.m4
Copying file m4/progtest.m4
Copying file po/Makefile.in.in
Copying file po/Makevars.template
Copying file po/Rules-quot
Copying file po/boldquot.sed
Copying file po/en@boldquot.header
Copying file po/en@quot.header
Copying file po/insert-header.sed
Copying file po/quot.sed
Copying file po/remove-potcdate.sed
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
m4/lbl-net.m4:36: warning: underquoted definition of AC_LBL_LIBRARY_NET
m4/lbl-net.m4:36:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
m4/lbl-net.m4:36:   or see https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.ac:53: warning: macro 'AM_INTL_SUBDIR' not found in library
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac: warning: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is used, but not AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION or AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Intltool
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gtkdoc
autoreconf: configure.ac: not running autopoint a second time
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4 -I m4
m4/lbl-net.m4:36: warning: underquoted definition of AC_LBL_LIBRARY_NET
m4/lbl-net.m4:36:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
m4/lbl-net.m4:36:   or see https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.ac:53: warning: macro 'AM_INTL_SUBDIR' not found in library
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:23: warning: The macro 'AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' is obsolete.
configure.ac:23: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2137: AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM is expanded from...
configure.ac:23: the top level
configure.ac:25: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2490: AC_DIAGNOSE is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:429: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:25: the top level
configure.ac:29: warning: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete.
configure.ac:29: You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead.
aclocal.m4:708: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:29: the top level
configure.ac:98: warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:98: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:205: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:98: the top level
configure.ac:102: warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:102: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:205: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:102: the top level
configure.ac:108: warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:108: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:205: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:108: the top level
configure.ac:112: warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:112: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:205: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:112: the top level
configure.ac:116: warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:116: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:205: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:116: the top level
configure.ac:53: error: undefined or overquoted macro: AM_INTL_SUBDIR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: error: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
    Aborting...

ron2138 commented on 2025-10-05 21:06 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-05 21:08 (UTC) by ron2138)

Shouldn't the word maintainer in gromit comment from 2025-09-13 10:23 (UTC) changed to maintained? That is, end with the letter d and not with the letter r? I assume he meant it is not considered maintained.

gromit commented on 2025-09-13 10:23 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-06 00:38 (UTC) by gromit)

Dropped this to the AUR from the official repos due to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gnu-netcat/-/issues/1, it is not considered maintained and you should most likely be using openbsd-netcat instead :)