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From: Greg Trigg <trigggl@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:52:37
Message-Id: 487B3000.5050406@yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen by Fabian Groffen
1 Fabian Groffen wrote:
2 > On 14-07-2008 05:35:40 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
3 >> I can't build sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild do to the lack of rpcgen on
4 >> my AIX box. Is rpcgen supposed to be on my native system? Would
5 >> removing "--enable-rpc" from the ebuild break it? I can't find an rpc
6 >> package that isn't masked. Is there maybe a use flag to disable it?
7 >
8 > Hmm, the web
9 > (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds4/rpcgen.htm)
10 > suggests that rpcgen should be on your system. I've had bad experiences
11 > with using non-OS-provided rpcgen implementations, because they need to
12 > closely match what's currently running. Anyway, if AIX really misses
13 > it, I guess we could disable-rpc on AIX... haubi, thoughts?
14 >
15 I did check the installation discs and there's no rpc there, unless it's
16 part of some other package.
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19 Greg Trigg
20 Jacksonville, AR
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Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen Greg Trigg <trigggl@×××××.com>