Replace netcat6 with OpenBSD netcat

Netcat6 has been discontinued in favour of OpenBSD netcat.

testdefs.sh

@@ -975,36 +975,52 @@ curl() {
 }
 
 # Setup function:
-# - ensure that the netcat6 nc6(1) utility is available
-setup_netcat6() {
-   NETCAT6=$(type -P nc6) || error "nc6(1) command is not present"
-   local minversion="${1:-1.0}"
-   local ver="$("$NETCAT6" --version | tr '\n' ' ')"
+# - ensure that a suitable version of the OpenBSD netcat utility is available
+setup_netcat() {
+   local try=(nc.openbsd nc)
+   NETCAT=
+   for exe in "${try[@]}"; do
+      NETCAT=$(type -P "$exe") && break
+   done
+   [ -x "$NETCAT" ] || error "OpenBSD netcat command is not present: tried ${try[*]}"
+   local minversion="${1:-1.130-3}"
+   local ver="$("$NETCAT" -h 2>&1 | tr '\n' ' ')"
    case "$ver" in
-   nc6\ version\ *)
+   'OpenBSD netcat (Debian patchlevel '*')'*)
       set -- $ver
-      tfw_cmp_version "$3" "$minversion"
+      local version="${5%)}"
+      tfw_cmp_version "$version" "$minversion"
       case $? in
       0|2)
-         export NETCAT6
+         export NETCAT
          return 0
          ;;
       esac
-      error "$NETCAT6 version $3 is not adequate (expecting $minversion or higher)"
+      error "$NETCAT version $version is not adequate (require $minversion or higher)"
+      ;;
+   '[v'*']'*)
+      error "$NETCAT is the traditional netcat (require the OpenBSD netcat, version $minversion or higher)"
+      ;;
+   *)
+      error "cannot parse output of $NETCAT -h: $ver"
       ;;
    esac
-   error "cannot parse output of $NETCAT6 --version: $ver"
+}
+
+# Utility function:
+# - invoke the OpenBSD netcat utility
+netcat() {
+   [ -x "$NETCAT" ] || error "missing call to setup_netcat in the fixture"
+   "$NETCAT" "$@"
 }
 
 # Guard functions.
-NETCAT6=
-nc6() {
-   [ -x "$NETCAT6" ] || error "missing call to setup_netcat6 in the fixture"
-   "$NETCAT6" "$@"
-}
 nc() {
-   error "do not use nc; instead use nc6(1) after calling setup_netcat6 in the fixture"
+   error "do not use nc directly; instead use netcat() after calling setup_netcat() in the fixture"
 }
-netcat() {
-   error "do not use netcat; instead use nc6(1) after calling setup_netcat6 in the fixture"
+setup_netcat6() {
+   error "use of netcat6 is discontinued; use setup_netcat() instead"
+}
+nc6() {
+   error "use of netcat6 is discontinued; use netcat() instead"
 }

testframework.sh

@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ assertGrep() {
 # Compare the two arguments as dotted ascii decimal version strings.
 # Return 0 if they are equal, 1 if arg1 < arg2, 2 if arg1 > arg2
 tfw_cmp_version() {
-   local IFS=.
+   local IFS=.-
    local i=0 a=($1) b=($2)
    for (( i=0; i < ${#a[@]} || i < ${#b[@]}; ++i )); do
       local ai="${a[i]:-0}"

tests/msp

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ test_keep_alive() {
 doc_forward="Forward TCP connections to a remote server"
 setup_forward() {
    setup_common
-   setup_netcat6
+   setup_netcat
    start_servald_instances +A +B
 }
 client_forward() {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test_forward() {
    set_instance +B
    fork %connect client_forward 2048 "$SIDA"
    sleep 1
-   executeOk nc6 -q 30 -v 127.0.0.1 2048 < <(echo "Hello from the client")
+   executeOk netcat -q 30 -v 127.0.0.1 2048 < <(echo "Hello from the client")
    assertStdoutGrep --matches=1 "^Hello from the server$"
    fork_wait %listen %connect
 }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ test_forward() {
 doc_tcp_tunnel="Tunnel a tcp connection"
 setup_tcp_tunnel() {
    setup_common
-   setup_netcat6
+   setup_netcat
    start_servald_instances +A +B
 }
 server_forward() {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ server_forward() {
    tfw_cat --stderr
 }
 nc_listen() {
-   execute nc6 -q -1 -v -l -p "$1" < <(echo "Hello from the server")
+   execute netcat -q -1 -v -l -p "$1" < <(echo "Hello from the server")
    tfw_cat --stdout --stderr
 }
 test_tcp_tunnel() {
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ test_tcp_tunnel() {
    set_instance +B
    fork %client client_forward 6001 "$SIDA"
    sleep 1
-   executeOk nc6 -q 10 -v 127.0.0.1 6001 < <(echo "Hello from the client")
+   executeOk netcat -q 10 -v 127.0.0.1 6001 < <(echo "Hello from the client")
    tfw_cat --stdout --stderr
    assertStdoutGrep --matches=1 "^Hello from the server$"
    fork_wait %listen %server %client
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ test_refused(){
 doc_terminate="Terminate a connection mid stream"
 setup_terminate() {
    setup_common
-   setup_netcat6
+   setup_netcat
    start_servald_instances +A +B
 }
 client_terminate() {
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ test_terminate() {
    set_instance +B
    fork %mspconnect client_terminate
    sleep 1
-# todo capture nc6 output nicely, while still being able to terminate it
-   fork %ncconnect nc6 -q 0 -v 127.0.0.1 3001
+# todo capture netcat output nicely, while still being able to terminate it
+   fork %ncconnect netcat -q 0 -v 127.0.0.1 3001
    fork_terminate %ncconnect
    fork_wait %msplisten %mspconnect %ncconnect
 }