socat-chain.sh, socat-mux.sh, and socat-broker.sh work with older Socat versions

CHANGES

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Features:
 	Total inactivity timeout option -T 0 now means 0.0 seconds; up to
 	version 1.8.0.0 it meant no total inactivity timeout.
 
+	Changed socat-chain.sh, socat-mux.sh, and socat-broker.sh to work with
+	older Socat versions.
+
 Porting:
 	Changes for building and testing on NetBSD
 

socat-broker.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage () {
     $ECHO "	<listener> is a passive address like TCP4-L or SSL-L"
     $ECHO "	<options>:"
     $ECHO "		-d*  -S  -t <timeout>  -T <timeout> 	are passed to socat"
-    $ECHO "		-V	prints the socat command before starting it"
+    $ECHO "		-V	Shows executed Socat commands and some infos"
     $ECHO "For example:"
     $ECHO "	$0 \\"
     $ECHO "		TCP4-L:1234"
@@ -60,15 +60,29 @@ if ! [[ "$LISTENER" =~ .*,fork ]] || [[ "$LISTENER" =~ .*,fork, ]]; then
 fi
 
 case "$0" in
-    */*) SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat ;;
+    */*) if [ -x ${0%/*}/socat ]; then SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat; fi ;;
-    *) SOCAT=socat ;;
 esac
+if [ -z "$SOCAT" ]; then SOCAT=socat; fi
+[ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "# $0: Using executable $SOCAT" >&2
 
+# We need a free UDP port (on loopback)
 PORT=$($SOCAT -d -d -T 0.000001 UDP4-RECV:0 /dev/null 2>&1 |grep bound |sed 's/.*:\([1-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/')
 if [ -z "$PORT" ]; then
-    echo "$0: Failed to determine free UDP port" >&2
+    # Probably old Socat version, use a different approach
-    exit 1
+    if type ss >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	:
+    elif type netstat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	alias ss=netstat
+    else
+	echo "$0: Failed to determine free UDP port (old Socat version, no ss, no netstat?)" >&2
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    PORT=
+    while [ -z "$PORT" ] || ss -aun |grep -e ":$PORT\>" >/dev/null; do
+	PORT=$((16384+RANDOM))
+    done
 fi
+[ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "# $0: Using UDP port $PORT" >&2
 
 BCADDR=127.255.255.255
 

socat-chain.sh

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ usage () {
     $ECHO "	<address3> is typically a client address with protocol like OPENSSL"
     $ECHO "	<options>:"
     $ECHO "		-d*  -S <sigmask>  -t <timeout>  -T <timeout> 	are passed to socat"
-    $ECHO "		-V	prints the socat commands before starting them"
+    $ECHO "		-V	Shows executed Socat commands and some infos"
     $ECHO "Example to drive SOCKS over TLS:"
     $ECHO "	$0 \\"
     $ECHO "		TCP4-L:1234,reuseaddr,fork \\"
@@ -130,10 +130,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 case "$0" in
-    */*) SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat ;;
+    */*) if [ -x ${0%/*}/socat ]; then SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat; fi ;;
-    *) SOCAT=socat ;;
 esac
+if [ -z "$SOCAT" ]; then SOCAT=socat; fi
+[ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "# $0: Using executable $SOCAT" >&2
 
+# We need a free TCP port (on loopback)
 PORT=$($SOCAT -d -d TCP4-L:0,accept-timeout=0.000001 /dev/null 2>&1 |grep listening |sed 's/.*:\([1-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/')
 if [ -z "$PORT" ]; then
     echo "$0: Failed to determine free TCP port" >&2

socat-mux.sh

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ usage () {
     $ECHO "data provided by 10.2.3.4 is sent to ALL clients"
     $ECHO "    <options>:"
     $ECHO "\t-h\tShow this help text and exit"
-    $ECHO "\t-V\tShow Socat commands"
+    $ECHO "\t-V\tShows executed Socat commands and some infos"
     $ECHO "\t-q\tSuppress most messages"
     $ECHO "\t-d*\tOptions beginning with -d are passed to Socat processes"
     $ECHO "\t-l*\tOptions beginning with -l are passed to Socat processes"
@@ -67,19 +67,31 @@ if ! [[ "$LISTENER" =~ .*,fork ]] || [[ "$LISTENER" =~ .*,fork, ]]; then
 fi
 
 case "$0" in
-    */*) SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat ;;
+    */*) if [ -x ${0%/*}/socat ]; then SOCAT=${0%/*}/socat; fi ;;
-    *) SOCAT=socat ;;
 esac
+if [ -z "$SOCAT" ]; then SOCAT=socat; fi
+[ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "# $0: Using executable $SOCAT" >&2
 
+# We need two free UDP ports (on loopback)
 PORT1=$($SOCAT -d -d -T 0.000001 UDP4-RECV:0 /dev/null 2>&1 |grep bound |sed 's/.*:\([1-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/')
 PORT2=$($SOCAT -d -d -T 0.000001 UDP4-RECV:0 /dev/null 2>&1 |grep bound |sed 's/.*:\([1-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/')
 if [ -z "$PORT1" -o -z "$PORT2" ]; then
-    echo "$0: Failed to determine free UDP ports" >&2
+    # Probably old Socat version, use a different approach
-    exit 1
+    if type ss >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-fi
+	:
-if [ "$PORT1" = "$PORT2" ]; then 	# seen on etch
+    elif type netstat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PORT2=$((PORT1+1))
+	alias ss=netstat
+    else
+	echo "$0: Failed to determine free UDP ports (old Socat version, no ss, no netstat?)" >&2
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    PORT1= PORT2=
+    while [ -z "$PORT1" -o -z "$PORT2" -o "$PORT1" = "$PORT2" ] || ss -aun |grep -e ":$PORT1\>" -e ":$PORT2\>" >/dev/null; do
+	PORT1=$((16384+RANDOM))
+	PORT2=$((16384+RANDOM))
+    done
 fi
+[ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "# $0: Using UDP ports $PORT1, $PORT2" >&2
 
 IFADDR=127.0.0.1
 BCADDR=127.255.255.255

test.sh

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ fi
 ECHO="echo $E"
 PRINTF="printf"
 
+GREP_E="grep -E"
+GREP_F="grep -F"
+
+TRUE=$(type -p true)
+
 usage() {
     $ECHO "Usage: $0 <options> [<test-spec> ...]"
     $ECHO "options:"
@@ -18025,7 +18030,7 @@ elif [ "$UNAME" = "NetBSD" ]; then
     $PRINTF "test $F_n $TEST... ${YELLOW}might hang on $UNAME${NORMAL}\n" $N
     numCANT=$((numCANT+1))
     listCANT="$listCANT $N"
-elif ! F=$(testfeats STDIO SYSTEM SOCKETPAIR); then
+elif ! F=$(testfeats SYCLS STDIO SYSTEM SOCKETPAIR); then
     $PRINTF "test $F_n $TEST... ${YELLOW}Feature $F not configured in $SOCAT${NORMAL}\n" $N
     numCANT=$((numCANT+1))
     listCANT="$listCANT $N"
@@ -19325,7 +19330,7 @@ case "$TESTS" in
 *%$N%*|*%functions%*|*%scripts%*|*%socat-chain%*|*%listen%*|*%fork%*|*%ip4%*|*%tcp4%*|*%unix%*|*%socks4%*|*%socket%*|*%$NAME%*)
 TEST="$NAME: test socat-chain.sh with SOCKS4 over UNIX-socket"
 # Run a socks4 server on UNIX-listen
-# Connect with socat-chein.sh; check if data transfer is correct
+# Connect with socat-chain.sh; check if data transfer is correct
 if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :
 # Remove unneeded checks, adapt lists of the remaining ones
 elif ! cond=$(checkconds \
@@ -19396,7 +19401,7 @@ case "$TESTS" in
 *%$N%*|*%functions%*|*%scripts%*|*%socat-chain%*|*%listen%*|*%fork%*|*%ip4%*|*%tcp4%*|*%openssl%*|*%unix%*|*%socket%*|*%pty%*|*%$NAME%*)
 TEST="$NAME: test socat-chain.sh with SSL over PTY"
 # Run a socat-chain.sh instance with SSL listening behind a PTY;
-# open the PTY with socat-chein.sh using SSL;
+# open the PTY with socat-chain.sh using SSL;
 # check if data transfer is correct
 if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :
 # Remove unneeded checks, adapt lists of the remaining ones