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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 11:04:47
Message-Id: 487B32DA.4020601@yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen by Greg Trigg
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
4 >>> on my AIX box. Is rpcgen supposed to be on my native system?
5 >>> Would removing "--enable-rpc" from the ebuild break it? I can't
6 >>> find an rpc package that isn't masked. Is there maybe a use flag to
7 >>> disable it?
8 >>
9 >> Hmm, the web
10 >> (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds4/rpcgen.htm)
11 >>
12 >> suggests that rpcgen should be on your system. I've had bad experiences
13 >> with using non-OS-provided rpcgen implementations, because they need to
14 >> closely match what's currently running. Anyway, if AIX really misses
15 >> it, I guess we could disable-rpc on AIX... haubi, thoughts?
16 >>
17 > I did check the installation discs and there's no rpc there, unless it's
18 > part of some other package.
19
20 I found it. It's in the nfs server package.
21
22 Greg Trigg
23 Jacksonville, AR
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Re: [gentoo-alt] sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p1.ebuild wants rpcgen Michael Haubenwallner <haubi@g.o>