[bug#27415] Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add fping.

[Stefan Reichör]

Hi there,

here is another tool.

I have an open question: Should I run setcap in the installation phase?
I grepped through the package definitions and found no setcap call.

Here is the relevant part of the Readme:

https://github.com/schweikert/fping/blob/develop/README.md
3. Make fping either setuid, or, if under Linux: sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep 
fping

>From ea5ea7adbf6fe840930c4fb86bedc51d725bd1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20Reich=C3=B6r?= <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:53:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add fping.

* gnu/packages/networking.scm (fping): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/networking.scm | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 5d1c432..d5acac9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Stefan Reichör <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Stefan Reichör <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Raimon Grau <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 John Darrington <address@hidden>
@@ -522,6 +522,31 @@ network frames.")
     (license license:gpl2+)
     (home-page "https://www.wireshark.org/";)))
 
+(define-public fping
+  (package
+    (name "fping")
+    (version "4.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://fping.org/dist/fping-";
+                           version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1kp81wchi79l8z8rrj602fpjrd8bi84y3i7fsaclzlwap5943sv7"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (home-page "http://fping.org/";)
+    (synopsis "Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts")
+    (description
+     "fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message
+Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding.
+fping differs from ping in that you can specify any number of targets on the
+command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping.
+Instead of sending to one target until it times out or replies, fping will
+send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin
+fashion.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public httping
   (package
     (name "httping")
-- 
2.7.4