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So I asked ntirpc upstream, and they do not intend to remain compatible with |
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sunrpc / libtirpc. Meaning we only have two RPC alternatives, one of which |
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will go away, and things get a lot easier. |
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> 1) About RPC. |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/RPC_implementation |
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^ please see this Wiki page for a proposed workflow and autoconf examples. |
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In short, IUSE=libtirpc switches the implementation, while IUSE=rpc switches |
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an optional rpc support on/off. |
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(Similar to ssl, libressl) |
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> 2) About YP / NIS / NIS+. |
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> a) The old libnsl implementation is provided by glibc, soversion 1. |
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> b) An updated and much improved implementation is provided by |
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> net-libs/libnsl, soversion 2. |
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> glibc-2.26 installs only the library for a), and no headers. |
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> Since I dont want to mess with currently used glibc ebuilds, net-libs/libnsl |
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> requires at least our glibc-2.26 (otherwise you get file collisions). |
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> Porting a package means adding a dependency in the style of |
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|| ( net-libs/libnsl <sys-libs/glibc-2.26 ) |
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Andreas K. Hüttel |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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Gentoo Linux developer (council, perl, libreoffice) |
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