[PATCH] gnu: Add xinetd.

[Thomas Danckaert]

Hi,

I'd like to use xinetd to forward some local ports via ssh (e.g. as
explained here:
https://debian-administration.org/article/487/SMTP_via_a_SSH_tunnel).

This patch provides the xinetd executables, I'll try my hand at
writing a xinetd service next...  Unless there is already an
alternative to xinetd on GuixSD?

cheers,

Thomas

>From e9709558ee99be799edb187bdb9857fdfc7f97c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Danckaert <address@hidden>
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 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 67b9797..cc05a22 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -3995,3 +3995,29 @@ 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";)
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0k59x52cbzp5fw0n8zn0y54j1ps0x9b72y8k5grzswjdmgs2a2v2"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--with-loadavg")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases (delete 'check)))) ; doesn't provide 
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