Bug 1653119

Summary: Make /usr/bin/nc a symlink using alternatives(1) to allow switching to OpenBSD nc(1)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla>
Component: nmapAssignee: Pavel Zhukov <pzhukov>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Robin Hack <rhack>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 8.0CC: fkrska, pzhukov, rhack, robert.scheck, thozza
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: EasyFix, FutureFeature, Patch
Target Release: 8.1   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: nmap-7.70-5.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 20:43:30 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Depends On: 1680890    
Bug Blocks: 1679810, 1684588, 1701002, 1939769    

Description Robert Scheck 2018-11-25 23:32:08 UTC 
Description of problem:
Please make /usr/bin/nc a symlink using alternatives(1) to allow switching to
OpenBSD nc(1) using a third party repository. This makes indeed sense in some 
scenarios, because nmap-ncat is still not a 100% replacement for OpenBSD nc(1),
see e.g. bug 1321136 or bug #1383127 for RHEL 7, which still are not addressed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
nmap-ncat-7.70-4.el8

Actual results:
/usr/bin/nc is not a symlink using alternatives(1)

Expected results:
/usr/bin/nc is a symlink using alternatives(1)
Comment 1 Robert Scheck 2018-11-25 23:33:46 UTC 
Cross-filed case 02260338 at the Red Hat customer portal.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 20:43:30 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3332
Comment 14 Robert Scheck 2021-03-10 21:14:23 UTC 
Bug #1937528 requests in general the same for RHEL 9