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 # netcat
 
+Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.
+It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
+
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+Name:          netcat
+Version:       0.7.1
+Release:       3mamba
+Epoch:         1
+Summary:       Networking utility that manages TCP and UDP connections
+Group:         Applications/Networking
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://netcat.sourceforge.net/
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/netcat/netcat-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       GPL
+Requires(post):%{__install_info}
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.
+It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%makeinstall
+
+rm -f doc/drafts/Makefile*
+
+%find_lang %{name}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%post
+%install_info %{name}.info
+
+%preun
+%uninstall_info %{name}.info
+
+%files -f %{name}.lang
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/nc
+%{_bindir}/netcat
+%{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README TODO doc/migration doc/drafts
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Aug 27 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.7.1-3mamba
+- automatic rebuild by autodist
+
+* Tue Oct 14 2008 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.7.1-2mamba
+- rebuilt
+
+* Tue Mar 21 2006 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@qilinux.it> 0.7.1-1qilnx
+- moved to the GNU Netcat project
+
+* Fri Oct 17 2003 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 1.10-1qilnx
+- first build