From: Mike Frysinger Subject: Re: libtirpc and nis Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:12:20 -0400 Message-ID: <200906032012.21876.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <200906031002.38551.vapier@gentoo.org> <200906031844.34398.vapier@gentoo.org> <047CD688-878B-4504-BD59-3C0B65C1B631@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1506055.CFrTTXEtxq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Cc: Steve Dickson , Linux NFS Mailing list , libtirpc To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([140.211.166.183]:42966 "EHLO smtp.gentoo.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753489AbZFDAMV (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:12:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <047CD688-878B-4504-BD59-3C0B65C1B631@oracle.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart1506055.CFrTTXEtxq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 03 June 2009 19:59:09 Chuck Lever wrote: > On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 June 2009 11:14:44 Steve Dickson wrote: > >> Mike Frysinger wrote: > >>> the libtirpc package is self described as a "standalone package". i > >>> wonder how far that actually goes. wrt NIS, it requires the > >>> system C > >>> library to provide NIS functionality or you get a build failure in > >>> a few > >>> files. would be nice if libtirpc were usable without any NIS > >>> baggage at > >>> all. > >> > >> NIS used RPC procedures to communicate. As it stands today > >> NIS is currently using the RPC procedures glibc. In the > >> future there is a very good chance that NIS will start > >> using the RPC procedures in libtirpc especially if > >> IPV6 support is needed... > >> > >> So I'm a bit confused on what you mean by "NIS baggage" > >> in the libtirpc package. > > > > you cannot build libtirpc on a system that doesnt provide NIS > > functionality. > > realistic RPC usage today is NFS related services only (i.e. a NFS > > client > > mounting a share on a NFS server). > > Mike, it would help if you could provide the build output so we can > see exactly what's failing. libtirpc does not provide rpcsvc/nis.h -mike --nextPart1506055.CFrTTXEtxq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKJxFlAAoJEEFjO5/oN/WBVmoQAMbvVAyhTvwJrl6cdMiPAf1o aGWnfewbGyWwunqnHLRRe+ZzfGsHzmVu4jjR1rLoI7EDLBtOXBmyl2PiN9s0QYhV YZKiGg2AMCcPD9c/NfX7Dk4U5N+meAk4UxzYQXz9XbGoNVfN5NlbMMPnS3wdfj2M zYob1Xtfhkg9eNFC6KvIM4gcEBx+FYRsK1gbYR3EI5P3SgUUMlZSXssficLUhzFc goSWa8vkxQRalsaWUEtgYdy9ibZ1UxkbbA+ocBc/jeiLyvTGJx+8hnvbIyXe1ZdU TiYewMxgVvWYxOPAu9/8mbvtwY9kRB6FXgSKcXg6VSTZIJHgadf32lpzEOXG4/am Ow5GXga/ztyC9m7rd+nYTNkML/8kGOP4YR6C93Vy7XT1Tf3HzxgD0sX9FVAXtOf1 j2N7akDQuhSfq5WCaVFpaSrKOZGBFyA0DT+qxjv2ZnD09hHimd9vn8WkxSI0a2ik 1L/BZU3vFkmH+SlaSxXqI1g/JdfN4OmCWGqv0HeUCiYpqD6+Hof8K/mkMJVPTksw 4oLaeryDPKWUyEmobKkP/dmbzM/vzlddX7Ph1ymu8QuI9bQ8v4n6g3yLSG12y6Tc XtSe08iMy6ubFulDVWcW3qjjkZqAjFrMM6yuQu2US4okyVZrDLBGbwHrZETQnNsG xVz4FjJqHgUt8a0jqpC7 =LmGS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1506055.CFrTTXEtxq--