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/*

* 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

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"

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"