Build nc from source, statically, on both arches - #28
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x64/nc was the last dynamic binary in the repo: glibc-linked, version 1.68, and no recipe behind it -- nothing could rebuild or verify it. It is now built from Debian's portable OpenBSD netcat, the same source alpine's netcat-openbsd package uses, which matches the BSD man page the README already linked. Three things musl lacks are handled: libbsd is built from source for strtonum (alpine ships it shared-only), IPTOS_DSCP_VA is defined, and b64_ntop comes from the base64.c aports carries for exactly this reason. ARM cross-builds too, with its own libmd and libbsd, so nc ships on both arches instead of neither. The version moves 1.68 -> 1.238-1 when the bump runs; the url check tracks Debian's pool listing from here on. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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x64/ncwas the last dynamic binary in the repo — glibc-linked, version 1.68, and norecipe behind it. Nothing could rebuild it, verify it, or tell you what it was.
It now builds from Debian's portable OpenBSD netcat, the same source alpine's
netcat-openbsdpackage uses, which matches the BSD man page the README alreadylinked. Three things musl lacks are handled:
strtonum; alpine ships it shared-onlyIPTOS_DSCP_VA— a linux/glibc define musl'snetinet/ip.hdoesn't carryb64_ntop— from thebase64.caports vendors for exactly this reasonARM cross-builds too, with its own libmd and libbsd, so
ncships on both archesinstead of neither.
Verified locally: both binaries statically linked, both smoke tests passing (
nc -hunder qemu for ARM).
The version moves
1.68→1.238-1when the bump runs — left at 1.68 here so theREADME stays consistent with the binary currently in the tree. The new
urlchecktracks Debian's pool listing from here on, so it stops being a frozen mystery binary.
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