misc/rfc - the port / protocol option doesn't work anymore

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Sean C. Farley <scf at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> It seems that the '-p' option of rfc doesn't work anymore:
>> tingo at kg-v2$ uname -a
>> FreeBSD kg-v2.kg4.no 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #4: Sat Jul 16
>> 02:07:14 CEST 2011     root at kg-v2.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>> amd64
>> tingo at kg-v2$ rfc
>> rfc v3.2.3: perl util to search the rfc-index and disply the pages with
>> $viewer
>> usage:  rfc #     search rfc-index for specified RFC and list topic
>>        rfc -d # /path/ (optional) dumps plain text RFC. default is current
>> dir
>>        rfc -h    displays this stuff
>>        rfc -i    updates the /usr/local/etc/rfc-index via $viewer
>>        rfc -k    keyword; same as -s
>>        rfc -l #  spawns $viewer to the specified RFC
>>        rfc -m # user at remote.net [opt subject]; emails the RFC to given
>> address
>>        rfc -n #/daemon local search for non-standard service/port nums
>>                  (BO, Netbus, etc)
>>        rfc -o #  Dumps RFC to STDOUT
>>        rfc -p    Connect to INI's assigned numbers for proto nums or
>>                  services/ports association
>>        rfc -r    go wild with your own regexp on rfc-index
>>        rfc -s "string" Search the index for specific string
>>        rfc -u #  sets the base URL to the number listed with -w
>>        rfc -w    lists the available webservers to display
>> baseURL=http://www.ietf.org/rfc/
>> comments/bugfixes mailto: rfc at blinky-lights.org
>>
>> tingo at kg-v2$ rfc -p port 23
>> Making connection to server....
>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
>> tingo at kg-v2$ rfc -p port 22
>> Making connection to server....
>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
>> tingo at kg-v2$ rfc -p ip 8
>> Making connection to server....
>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers
>>
>> Details:
>> root at kg-v2# portversion -v | grep rfc
>> rfc-3.2.3_1                 =  up-to-date with port
>
> Thank you for the report.  I am not sure if this application is maintained
> elsewhere, but I could not find any new updates from the developer or anyone
> else that had forked it last night.
>
> I did write a patch[1] against the port to use the data from the FTP server
> instead of the HTTP server.  The HTTP server provides XML by default and
> text if requested, however, the text is not the same format that rfc
> expects.
>
> Let me know if it works for you--it works for me :), and I will try to
> update the port tonight with it.

root at kg-v2# cd /usr/ports/misc/rfc
root at kg-v2# patch < /home/tingo/work/rfc.patch
Hmm...  Looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|Index: Makefile
|===================================================================
|RCS file: /usr/FreeBSD/repos/ncvs/ports/misc/rfc/Makefile,v
|retrieving revision 1.20
|diff -u -r1.20 Makefile
|--- Makefile	15 Apr 2010 21:00:21 -0000	1.20
|+++ Makefile	26 Oct 2011 02:08:30 -0000
--------------------------
Patching file Makefile using Plan A...
Hunk #1 succeeded at 7.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 27.
done

root at kg-v2# make
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===>  License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE
===>  Extracting for rfc-3.2.3_2
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for rfc-3.2.3.tar.gz.
===>  Patching for rfc-3.2.3_2
===>  Configuring for rfc-3.2.3_2
root at kg-v2# make deinstall
===>  Deinstalling for misc/rfc
===>   Deinstalling rfc-3.2.3_1
root at kg-v2# make reinstall
===>  Installing for rfc-3.2.3_2
===>   rfc-3.2.3_2 depends on executable: w3m - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if misc/rfc already installed
install  -o root -g wheel -m 555
/usr/ports/misc/rfc/work/rfc-3.2.3/rfc-3.2.3  /usr/local/bin/rfc
install  -o root -g wheel -m 444
/usr/ports/misc/rfc/work/rfc-3.2.3/rfc.1 /usr/local/man/man1
===>   Compressing manual pages for rfc-3.2.3_2
===>   Registering installation for rfc-3.2.3_2

root at kg-v2# rfc -p port 23
Making connection to server....
ftp://ftp.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
telnet           23/tcp    Telnet
telnet           23/udp    Telnet
#                          Jon Postel <postel&isi.edu>

root at kg-v2# rfc -p port 22
Making connection to server....
ftp://ftp.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
ssh              22/tcp    The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
ssh              22/udp    The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
#                          [RFC4251]
ssh              22/sctp   SSH
#                          IETF TSVWG
#                          Randall Stewart <rrs&lakerest.net>
#                          [RFC4960]

Yes - it works. Thanks a lot!
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen