netcat -static

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

Hi,

Can anyone fathom why net/netcat wants to link itself statically?
Leftover from some buggy 90s OS?  Ok to apply the attached patch?

  - antti

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Index: distinfo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/net/netcat/distinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -p -u -r1.10 distinfo
--- distinfo    24 Feb 2005 12:13:54 -0000      1.10
+++ distinfo    6 Jan 2011 16:41:19 -0000
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ SHA1 (patch-aa) = 44dc8cf9072a1c127925a4
 SHA1 (patch-ab) = 73990f9a87b04fffb22b94873e3225bd8ee496b5
 SHA1 (patch-ac) = 8b0c41953ab0237304a31fb999e27a51df8cb0a9
 SHA1 (patch-ad) = e55fc7036c3dbeedca49058e99725acf61e8f55c
-SHA1 (patch-ae) = 510e4ac6c1649af4c719f3fc0ba5c65eadbe3564
+SHA1 (patch-ae) = f76fb4b4c593a7951d0c62745f599ef747360514
 SHA1 (patch-af) = 45b3824ff84c2557b0016d97b0309d5c8b597690
Index: patches/patch-ae
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/net/netcat/patches/patch-ae,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -p -u -r1.6 patch-ae
--- patches/patch-ae    23 Nov 2003 01:23:58 -0000      1.6
+++ patches/patch-ae    6 Jan 2011 16:41:19 -0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $NetBSD: patch-ae,v 1.6 2003/11/23 01:23
  
  nc:   netcat.c
 -      $(LD) $(DFLAGS) $(XFLAGS) $(STATIC) -o nc netcat.c $(XLIBS)
-+      $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DFLAGS) $(XFLAGS) $(STATIC) -o nc netcat.c $(XLIBS)
++      $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DFLAGS) $(XFLAGS) -o nc netcat.c $(XLIBS)
  
  nc-dos:
        @echo "DOS?!  Maybe someday, but not now"