figured out how to make it with *.bbappend

recipes-extended/net-tools/files/net-tools-config.h

-/*
-* config.h	Automatically generated configuration includefile
-*
-* NET-TOOLS	A collection of programs that form the base set of the
-*		NET-3 Networking Distribution for the LINUX operating
-*		system.
-*
-*		DO  NOT  EDIT  DIRECTLY
-*
-*/
-
-/* 
- * 
- * Internationalization
- * 
- * The net-tools package has currently been translated to French,
- * German and Brazilian Portugese.  Other translations are, of
- * course, welcome.  Answer `n' here if you have no support for
- * internationalization on your system.
- * 
- */
-#define I18N 1
-
-/* 
- * 
- * Protocol Families.
- * 
- */
-#define HAVE_AFUNIX 1
-#define HAVE_AFINET 1
-#define HAVE_AFINET6 1
-#define HAVE_AFIPX 0
-#define HAVE_AFATALK 0
-#define HAVE_AFAX25 0
-#define HAVE_AFNETROM 1
-#define HAVE_AFROSE 0
-#define HAVE_AFX25 0
-#define HAVE_AFECONET 0
-#define HAVE_AFDECnet 0
-#define HAVE_AFASH 0
-
-/* 
- * 
- * Device Hardware types.
- * 
- */
-#define HAVE_HWETHER 1
-#define HAVE_HWARC 1
-#define HAVE_HWSLIP 1
-#define HAVE_HWPPP 1
-#define HAVE_HWTUNNEL 1
-#define HAVE_HWSTRIP 0
-#define HAVE_HWTR 0
-#define HAVE_HWAX25 0
-#define HAVE_HWROSE 0
-#define HAVE_HWNETROM 1
-#define HAVE_HWX25 0
-#define HAVE_HWFR 1
-#define HAVE_HWSIT 0
-#define HAVE_HWFDDI 0
-#define HAVE_HWHIPPI 0
-#define HAVE_HWASH 0
-#define HAVE_HWHDLCLAPB 0
-#define HAVE_HWIRDA 1
-#define HAVE_HWEC 0
-#define HAVE_HWIB 0
-
-/* 
- * 
- * Other Features.
- * 
- */
-#define HAVE_FW_MASQUERADE 1
-#define HAVE_IP_TOOLS 1
-#define HAVE_MII 1

recipes-extended/net-tools/net-tools_1.60-24.2.bb

-SUMMARY="Basic networking tools"
-DESCRIPTION="A collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://net-tools.berlios.de/"
-BUGTRACKER = "http://bugs.debian.org/net-tools"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b \
-                    file://ifconfig.c;beginline=11;endline=15;md5=d1ca372080ad5401e23ca0afc35cf9ba"
-PR = "r0"
-
-SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_1.60.orig.tar.gz;name=tarball \
-           ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/net-tools/${BPN}_${PV}.diff.gz;apply=no;name=patch \
-           file://net-tools-config.h"
-
-#Notice the leading space
-SRC_URI_append = " file://config.make \
-                   file://libmii.c \
-                   file://mii-diag.c \
-                   file://Makefile"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/net-tools-1.60"
-
-SRC_URI[tarball.md5sum] = "ecaf37acb5b5daff4bdda77785fd916d"
-SRC_URI[tarball.sha256sum] = "ec67967cf7b1a3a3828a84762fbc013ac50ee5dc9aa3095d5c591f302c2de0f5"
-
-SRC_URI[patch.md5sum] = "524658bb8df5ff92c4a991f5edcaf240"
-SRC_URI[patch.sha256sum] = "170cc024fcb34329f4c25fd88b5f160a06be5d6d3eaf0bc976650fd1b1a6235d"
-
-inherit gettext
-
-# The Makefile is lame, no parallel build
-PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
-
-# Unlike other Debian packages, net-tools *.diff.gz contains another series of
-# patches maintained by quilt. So manually apply them before applying other local
-# patches. Also remove all temp files before leaving, because do_patch() will pop 
-# up all previously applied patches in the start
-nettools_do_patch() {
-	cd ${S}
-	quilt pop -a || true
-	if [ -d ${S}/.pc-nettools ]; then
-		mv ${S}/.pc-nettools ${S}/.pc
-		QUILT_PATCHES=${S}/debian/patches quilt pop -a
-		rm -rf ${S}/.pc ${S}/debian
-	fi
-	patch -p1 < ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}_${PV}.diff	
-	QUILT_PATCHES=${S}/debian/patches quilt push -a
-	mv ${S}/.pc ${S}/.pc-nettools
-}
-
-do_unpack[cleandirs] += "${S}"
-
-# We invoke base do_patch at end, to incorporate any local patch
-python do_patch() {
-    bb.build.exec_func('nettools_do_patch', d)
-    bb.build.exec_func('patch_do_patch', d)
-}
-
-do_configure() {
-	# net-tools has its own config mechanism requiring "make config"
-	# we pre-generate desired options and copy to source directory instead
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/Makefile    ${S}/Makefile
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/config.make ${S}/config.make
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/libmii.c    ${S}/libmii.c
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/mii-diag.c    ${S}/mii-diag.c
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/net-tools-config.h    ${S}/config.h
-}
-
-do_compile() {
-	# net-tools use COPTS/LOPTS to allow adding custom options
-	export COPTS="$CFLAGS"
-	export LOPTS="$LDFLAGS"
-	unset CFLAGS
-	unset LDFLAGS
-
-	oe_runmake
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	oe_runmake 'BASEDIR=${D}' install
-}
-
-inherit update-alternatives
-
-base_sbindir_progs = "arp ifconfig ipmaddr iptunnel mii-tool mii-diag nameif plipconfig rarp route slattach"
-base_bindir_progs  = "dnsdomainname domainname hostname netstat nisdomainname ypdomainname"
-
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "${base_sbindir_progs} ${base_bindir_progs}"
-python __anonymous() {
-	for prog in d.getVar('base_sbindir_progs', True).split():
-		d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', prog, '%s/%s' % (d.getVar('base_sbindir', True), prog))
-	for prog in d.getVar('base_bindir_progs', True).split():
-		d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', prog, '%s/%s' % (d.getVar('base_bindir', True), prog))
-}
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-
-

recipes-extended/net-tools/net-tools_1.60-24.2.bbappend

+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
+SRC_URI_append = " file://config.make \
+                   file://libmii.c \
+                   file://mii-diag.c \
+                   file://Makefile"
+
+do_configure_append() {
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/Makefile    ${S}/Makefile
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/config.make ${S}/config.make
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/libmii.c    ${S}/libmii.c
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/mii-diag.c    ${S}/mii-diag.c
+}
+
+base_sbindir_progs_append = " mii-diag"