Bug 1374056

tcpdchk was removed 16 years ago (the bug #16059), because it was expecting the file /etc/inetd.conf and didn't work with xinetd.

The CHANGES mentions this tool, because the file is from upstream project (from 2004 or so [1]). The changelog of the package mentions that these tools were removed (tcpdchk, tcpdmatch):

* Mon Aug 14 2000 Jeff Johnson <jbj>
- remove utilities that expect /etc/inetd.conf (#16059).

but the  tcpdmatch  was added back in 2010 (bug #604011):

* Wed Jun 16 2010 Jan F. Chadima <jchadima> - 7.6-59
- Add modified tcpdmatch (#604011)

because it was proved useful. Can you clarify what would you need the  tcpdchk  for? We could probably do the same with  tcpdchk  if it would make sense.

[1] ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/

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Sorry, missed your question at the end.  Thanks for the needinfo.

In the past, I used it to check files to make sure they were properly formatted.  

I've also been confused by tcpdmatch, sometimes, so it's nice to check syntax, independently.

For example, tcpdmatch seemed like it was working and suggested the right thing, but there were errors pilling up in the journal that I didn't notice until later because of a syntax error.  When I first discovered tcpdchk I thought, "Oh, yeah, that tool is obviously necessary for tcpd."

If it isn't supposed to be in the package, that's fine, I really thought it was and omitting it was an oversight.  I don't know what to suggest, so, whatever you think should be done or not is fine.

Thanks for the clarification. It does not look like a priority at this point. I will leave the bug open if there will be some more demand, we can hack that back, but I don't think it will be the case, since it was not missing for 16 years.

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