From 0b3c762f7091df5499df3d0f55acd57ae2683d9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sandro=20J=C3=A4ckel?= <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:45:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chkrootkit: drop

---
 pkgs/by-name/ch/chkrootkit/package.nix | 42 --------------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix             |  1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 42 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/by-name/ch/chkrootkit/package.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chkrootkit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chkrootkit/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c4f7a017803e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chkrootkit/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  makeWrapper,
-  binutils-unwrapped,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "chkrootkit";
-  version = "0.58b";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.chkrootkit.org/pub/seg/pac/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-de0qzoHw+j6cP7ZNqw6IV+1ZJH6nVfWJhBb+ssZoB7k=";
-  };
-
-  # TODO: a lazy work-around for linux build failure ...
-  makeFlags = [ "STATIC=" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace chkrootkit \
-      --replace " ./" " $out/bin/"
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/sbin
-    cp check_wtmpx chkdirs chklastlog chkproc chkrootkit chkutmp chkwtmp ifpromisc strings-static $out/sbin
-
-    wrapProgram $out/sbin/chkrootkit \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ binutils-unwrapped ]}"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Locally checks for signs of a rootkit";
-    homepage = "https://www.chkrootkit.org/";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5fb8852dd0eb..60696df6976f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ChowPhaser = chow-phaser; # Added 2024-06-12
   ChowKick = chow-kick; # Added 2024-06-12
   CHOWTapeModel = chow-tape-model; # Added 2024-06-12
+  chkrootkit = throw "chkrootkit has been removed as it is unmaintained and archived upstream and didn't even work on NixOS"; # Added 2025-09-12
   chromatic = throw "chromatic has been removed due to being unmaintained and failing to build"; # Added 2025-04-18
   chrome-gnome-shell = gnome-browser-connector; # Added 2022-07-27
   cinnamon-common = cinnamon; # Added 2025-08-06