Remove ninfod

ninfod implements responses to IPv6 Node Information Queries (RFC4620)
from clients.

RFC4620 is an obsolete experimental protocol that hasn't seen any
activity since 2006. It's pretty dead at this point.

Fixes: #363

Suggested-by: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Acked-by: Jan Synacek <jan.synacek@scrive.com>
Acked-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: Sevan Janiyan <venture37@geeklan.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           - container: "debian:stable"
             env:
               CC: gcc
-              EXTRA_BUILD_OPTS: "-DUSE_CAP=false -DUSE_IDN=false -DBUILD_ARPING=false -DBUILD_CLOCKDIFF=false -DENABLE_RDISC_SERVER=false -DNINFOD_MESSAGES=false -DNO_SETCAP_OR_SUID=true -DUSE_GETTEXT=false"
+              EXTRA_BUILD_OPTS: "-DUSE_CAP=false -DUSE_IDN=false -DBUILD_ARPING=false -DBUILD_CLOCKDIFF=false -DENABLE_RDISC_SERVER=false -DNO_SETCAP_OR_SUID=true -DUSE_GETTEXT=false"
 
           # other builds
           - container: "centos:latest"

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 arping: GPL v2 or later
 clockdiff: BSD-3
-ninfod: BSD-3
 ping: BSD-3
 rarp: GPL v2 or later
 rdisc: AS-IS, SUN MICROSYSTEMS license

doc/meson.build

@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ if build_tracepath == true
 	manpages += ['tracepath']
 endif
 
-if build_ninfod == true
-	manpages += ['ninfod']
-endif
-
 xsltproc = find_program('xsltproc', required : build_mans or build_html_mans)
 xsltproc_args = [
 	'--nonet',

iputils.doap

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">
     <shortdesc>The iputils package is set of small utilities for
     Linux networking.</shortdesc>
     <description>The iputils package includes arping, clockdiff,
-    ninfod, ping, rarpd, rdisc, tracepath.
+    ping, rarpd, rdisc, tracepath.
     The rarpd is not built by default, this utility is obsoleted by
     bootp and later dhcp protocols.</description>
     <bug-database rdf:resource="https://github.com/iputils/iputils/issues" />

meson.build

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ conf.set('_GNU_SOURCE', 1, description : 'Enable GNU extensions on systems that
 
 build_arping = get_option('BUILD_ARPING')
 build_clockdiff = get_option('BUILD_CLOCKDIFF')
-build_ninfod = get_option('BUILD_NINFOD')
-nifold_messages = get_option('NINFOD_MESSAGES')
 build_ping = get_option('BUILD_PING')
 build_rarpd = get_option('BUILD_RARPD')
 build_rdisc = get_option('BUILD_RDISC')
@@ -153,52 +151,6 @@ if build_rdisc == true
 	endif
 endif
 
-if build_ninfod == true
-	foreach h : [
-		'inttypes.h',
-		'limits.h',
-		'linux/rtnetlink.h',
-		'memory.h',
-		'netdb.h',
-		'netinet/icmp6.h',
-		'netinet/in.h',
-		'netinet/ip6.h',
-		'pwd.h',
-		'stdint.h',
-		'stdlib.h',
-		'string.h',
-		'strings.h',
-		'sys/capability.h',
-		'syslog.h',
-		'sys/time.h',
-		'sys/types.h',
-		'sys/uio.h',
-		'sys/utsname.h',
-		'unistd.h',
-	]
-		if cc.has_header(h)
-			conf.set('HAVE_' + h.to_upper().underscorify(), 1,
-				description : 'Define if ' + h + ' can be included.')
-		endif
-	endforeach
-	if cc.has_header('stdio.h') and cc.has_header('stdlib.h') and cc.has_header('stddef.h') and cc.has_header('stdarg.h')
-		conf.set('STDC_HEADERS', 1,
-			description : 'Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files.')
-	endif
-	threads = dependency('threads')
-	if threads.found()
-		conf.set('ENABLE_THREADS', 1,
-			description : 'Defined if libpthread is found.')
-	endif
-	if host_machine.endian() == 'big'
-		conf.set('WORDS_BIGENDIAN', 1,
-			description : 'Defined if processor stores words with the most significant byte first.')
-	endif
-	if nifold_messages == true
-		conf.set('ENABLE_DEBUG', 1, description : 'Enable ninfod syslog messages.')
-	endif
-endif
-
 foreach h : [
 	'error.h',
 ]
@@ -320,10 +272,6 @@ if build_rarpd == true
 	endif
 endif
 
-if build_ninfod == true
-	subdir ('ninfod')
-endif
-
 if build_mans == true or build_html_mans == true
 	subdir ('doc')
 endif
@@ -339,8 +287,6 @@ output += 'arping: ' + build_arping.to_string()
 output += ' (capability or suid: ' + setcap_arping.to_string() + ')\n'
 output += 'clockdiff: ' + build_clockdiff.to_string()
 output += ' (capability or suid: ' + setcap_clockdiff.to_string() + ')\n'
-output += 'ninfod: ' + build_ninfod.to_string()
-output += ' (syslog: ' + nifold_messages.to_string() + ')\n'
 output += 'ping: ' + build_ping.to_string()
 output += ' (capability or suid: ' + setcap_ping.to_string() + ')\n'
 output += 'rarpd: ' + build_rarpd.to_string() + '\n'

meson_options.txt

@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ option('ENABLE_RDISC_SERVER', type : 'boolean', value : true,
 option('BUILD_TRACEPATH', type : 'boolean', value : true,
         description : 'Build tracepath')
 
-option('BUILD_NINFOD', type : 'boolean', value : true,
-	description : 'Build ninfod')
-
-option('NINFOD_MESSAGES', type : 'boolean', value : true,
-	description : 'Enable ninfod syslog messages')
-
 option('BUILD_MANS', type : 'boolean', value : true,
 	description : 'Build manuals')