Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Aircrack-ng.

[Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>]

On 2016-08-12 13:01, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 07:58:17AM -0500, ericbavier@openmailbox.org 
> wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/networking.scm (aircrack-ng): New variable.
> 
>> +    (inputs
>> +     `(("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)
>> +       ("libnl" ,libnl)
>> +       ("ethtool" ,ethtool)
>> +       ("pcre" ,pcre)
>> +       ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
>> +       ("zlib" ,zlib)))
> 
> The output does not refer to ethtool:
> $ guix gc --references $(./pre-inst-env guix build aircrack-ng)
> /gnu/store/5992iq1v7arqa14ym3di58n4la0893nv-zlib-1.2.8
> /gnu/store/9nifwk709wajpyfwa0jzaa3p6mf10vxs-gcc-4.9.3-lib
> /gnu/store/m9vxvhdj691bq1f85lpflvnhcvrdilih-glibc-2.23
> /gnu/store/mpm281yzwcxzfc9n86krr61yhs2ja6gd-libgcrypt-1.7.0
> /gnu/store/xiskld167yl4nqy57glqmcl3yp3bknh0-sqlite-3.12.2
> /gnu/store/ykzwykkvr2c80rw4l1qh3mvfdkl7jibi-bash-4.3.42
> /gnu/store/yydfpvk513c16ixgq8kdvi3g4l6clw2w-libnl-3.2.25
> /gnu/store/zwc6ck9j0wv80kz5snw5acwb39ws88m1-pcre-8.38
> 
> Do you think that's a problem?

I realize now after testing the tools some more that ethtool is a 
runtime script dependency that gets called as just "ethtool".  I think 
I'll try to track down the reference and substitute the absolute file 
name.

> 
>> +    (arguments
>> +     `(#:make-flags `("sqlite=true"
>> +                      "gcrypt=true"
>> +                      "libnl=true"
>> +                      "pcre=true"
>> +                      "experimental=true"
> 
> I think this flag deserves an explanatory comment.

Sure.  The "experimental" flag builds a few extra tools like 
"wesside-ng" and "easside-ng".

Thanks for checking it out!

`~Eric