Stop pulling in netcat as a mandatory dependency. (#13787)

It’s only used by a single exporter which is itself not in widespread
usage. Requiring users to install netcat themselves if they want to use
that exporter is not a significant burden, and not pulling it in
ourselves reduces our install footprint for ‘regular’ users without
really impacting usability for them.

12 files changed, 0 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/alpine.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/alpine.sh
index cc3908d29b..65999dc3b0 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/alpine.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/alpine.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package_tree="
   tar
   curl
   gzip
-  netcat-openbsd
   libuv-dev
   lz4-dev
   openssl-dev
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/arch.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/arch.sh
index dc37bcb9a0..cdda527335 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/arch.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/arch.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   automake
   libtool
   cmake
-  gnu-netcat
   zlib
   util-linux
   libmnl
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/centos.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/centos.sh
index f5f478ac1d..a05bce8f01 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/centos.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/centos.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   libtool
   pkgconfig
   cmake
-  nmap-ncat
   zlib-devel
   libuuid-devel
   libmnl-devel
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/debian.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/debian.sh
index 61ff3e4aac..a2c421a928 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/debian.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/debian.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ package_tree="
   tar
   curl
   gzip
-  netcat
   zlib1g-dev
   uuid-dev
   libmnl-dev
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/fedora.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/fedora.sh
index 4cfe7cbb14..a1c3a1df68 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/fedora.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/fedora.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   libatomic
   libtool
   cmake
-  nmap-ncat
   zlib-devel
   libuuid-devel
   libmnl-devel
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/freebsd.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/freebsd.sh
index 6afaca3370..9145135634 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/freebsd.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/freebsd.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package_tree="
   cmake
   curl
   gzip
-  netcat
   lzlib
   e2fsprogs-libuuid
   json-c
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/gentoo.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/gentoo.sh
index ae82cf3b3a..e7ed644558 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/gentoo.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/gentoo.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package_tree="
   app-arch/tar
   net-misc/curl
   app-arch/gzip
-  net-analyzer/netcat
   sys-apps/util-linux
   net-libs/libmnl
   dev-libs/json-c
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/ol.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/ol.sh
index 020bf63ccb..0f1f90e678 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/ol.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/ol.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   libtool
   pkgconfig
   cmake
-  nmap-ncat
   tar
   zlib-devel
   libuuid-devel
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/opensuse.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/opensuse.sh
index 51a6d909e9..b1f0c2182e 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/opensuse.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/opensuse.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   libtool
   pkg-config
   cmake
-  netcat-openbsd
   zlib-devel
   libuuid-devel
   libmnl-devel
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/rockylinux.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/rockylinux.sh
index 92050a4570..63981df4b8 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/rockylinux.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/rockylinux.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ declare -a package_tree=(
   libtool
   pkgconfig
   cmake
-  nmap-ncat
   zlib-devel
   libuuid-devel
   libmnl-devel
diff --git a/packaging/installer/dependencies/ubuntu.sh b/packaging/installer/dependencies/ubuntu.sh
index b990988218..295dbf0136 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/dependencies/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/dependencies/ubuntu.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ package_tree="
   tar
   curl
   gzip
-  netcat
   zlib1g-dev
   uuid-dev
   libmnl-dev
diff --git a/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh b/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh
index dfca554348..6547dd82e3 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh
@@ -878,26 +878,6 @@ declare -A pkg_make=(
   ['default']="make"
 )
 
-declare -A pkg_netcat=(
-  ['alpine']="netcat-openbsd"
-  ['arch']="netcat"
-  ['centos']="nmap-ncat"
-  ['debian']="netcat"
-  ['gentoo']="net-analyzer/netcat"
-  ['sabayon']="net-analyzer/gnu-netcat"
-  ['rhel']="nmap-ncat"
-  ['ol']="nmap-ncat"
-  ['suse']="netcat-openbsd"
-  ['clearlinux']="sysadmin-basic"
-  ['arch']="gnu-netcat"
-  ['macos']="NOTREQUIRED"
-  ['default']="netcat"
-
-  # exceptions
-  ['centos-6']="nc"
-  ['rhel-6']="nc"
-)
-
 declare -A pkg_nginx=(
   ['gentoo']="www-servers/nginx"
   ['default']="nginx"
@@ -1253,7 +1233,6 @@ packages() {
     require_cmd tar || suitable_package tar
     require_cmd curl || suitable_package curl
     require_cmd gzip || suitable_package gzip
-    require_cmd nc || suitable_package netcat
   fi
 
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