My apologies, I forgot to attach the improved patch... Thomas
>From ae03afa6753e286c2bb4a58762e5419273f7002d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Danckaert <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:35:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add xinetd.
* gnu/packages/web.scm (xinetd): New variable. --- gnu/packages/web.scm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm index 67b9797..4be3e2d 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/web.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm @@ -3995,3 +3995,27 @@ programs' code. Its architecture is optimized for security, portability, and scalability (including load-balancing), making it suitable for large deployments.") (license l:gpl2+))) + +(define-public xinetd + (package + (name "xinetd") + (version "2.3.15") + (source + (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri "https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd/archive/xinetd-2-3-15.tar.gz";) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0k59x52cbzp5fw0n8zn0y54j1ps0x9b72y8k5grzswjdmgs2a2v2")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (arguments + `(#:configure-flags '("--with-loadavg") + #:tests? #f )) ; no tests + (home-page "https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd";) + (synopsis "Internet services daemon") + (description "@code{xinetd}, a more secure replacement for @code{inetd}, +listens for incoming requests over a network and launches the appropriate +service for that request. Requests are made using port numbers as identifiers +and xinetd usually launches another daemon to handle the request. It can be +used to start services with both privileged and non-privileged port numbers.") + (license (l:non-copyleft "file://COPYRIGHT")))) -- 2.7.4
