[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] system-traffic: use appropriate nc options for installed version

[Joe Stringer]

On 22 January 2016 at 07:12, Lance Richardson <lrichard at redhat.com> wrote:
> Test cases using netcat ("ICMP related" and "ICMP related with NAT")
> currently fail on systems using the nmap version of nc because this
> version does not support the -q command-line option.
>
> Fix this by detecting which version of netcat is is in use and
> using the "--send-only" command-line option when the nmap flavor
> is detected, and using "-q 1" otherwise (openbsd and traditional
> versions).
>
> Tested via "make check-kernel" on RHEL7 (nmap version of nc) and
> Debian 8.2 (openbsd version of nc).
>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Restore the use of netcat in "ICMP related" test case,
>    using appropriate nc options based on installed version.
>  - Removed comments in system-traffic.at regarding the use of the
>    -q option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lrichard at redhat.com>

Thanks for the contribution, I tested this using netcat-traditional
and pushed the series to master.

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