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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:45:38 -0500
From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
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To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH nfs-utils] configure: use pkg-config to find libtirpc
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On 01/05/2015 01:23 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> 
> What are those "legacy OSs"? Can I help in finding an adequate solution?
> (note: any Linux distro I can install without problem, I could try to
> give a spin to a *BSD one if really needed, but other "OSes" not so
> much...)
The problem is here... 
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg48570.html

> 
> If at all possible, I would like to keep pkg-config as the default, and
> use the old (or another) method only as a fallback, because pkg-config
> is so much nicer to deal with than trying to cope for all cases
> ourselves. Would that be an acceptable solution for you?
Yes.. I would be more than willing to work out something that works in
both cases.... 

steved.