Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen

[Michael Haubenwallner]

On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 06:04 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
> > Fabian Groffen wrote:
> >> On 14-07-2008 05:35:40 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
> >>> I can't build sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild do to the lack of rpcgen
> >>> on  my AIX box.  Is rpcgen supposed to be on my native system?
> >>> Would  removing "--enable-rpc" from the ebuild break it?  I can't
> >>> find an rpc  package that isn't masked.  Is there maybe a use flag to
> >>> disable it?
> >>
> >> Hmm, the web
> >> (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds4/rpcgen.htm)
> >>
> >> suggests that rpcgen should be on your system.  I've had bad experiences
> >> with using non-OS-provided rpcgen implementations, because they need to
> >> closely match what's currently running.  Anyway, if AIX really misses
> >> it, I guess we could disable-rpc on AIX...  haubi, thoughts?
> >>
> > I did check the installation discs and there's no rpc there, unless it's
> > part of some other package.
>
> I found it.  It's in the nfs server package.

Confirmed, 'bos.net.nfs.server' AIX package is required for rpcgen.

AFAIK, while RPC can be (and is) used as standalone communication tool,
it did grow with NFS, and thus IBM ships it with NFS server, not as a
standalone package unfortunately.

But you don't need to actually _run_ the NFS server - although don't
know if it is enabled by default when you install it.

I don't think it'd be worth the effort to introduce another USE flag
'rpc' or so - I've not seen any (unix-like) OS without rpcgen in
general, as there's even "oncrpc" (maybe others) for native windows.

/haubi/
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Michael Haubenwallner
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