On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 03:52:51PM +0000, Jason Vas Dias wrote: > RE: On 28/05/2017, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, possibly Thorsten Kukuk wants people to use libnss_compat > > https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_compat/releases (I found that via > > his glibc changelog entry on obsolete nsl where he mentions > > https://github.com/thkukuk/libnsl is the replacement for NIS > > functions. > > Aha ! That explains things. I guess the whole area is 'in transition' to the > new fully IPv6 supporting NIS & RPC . I'll give Thorsten's new libnsl library > a try. > > About the only serious stumbling block block I've come across in nearly > 2 years of running "the latest git / scm tag" of every software package ala > LFS > has been this attempt to get RPC & NIS (& NFSv4) working . > > I guess we have to wait for glibc to integrate a fully functional replacement > for the old IPv4 RPC + NIS code. > > Thanks anyway, > Jason
Thanks (I suppose - new builds of a server and client are the last thing I need at the moment :) for making me find libnss_compat. Do you need NIS ? I don't think anything in BLFS noticed the old version is no longer provided by glibc. ĸen -- I live in a city. I know sparrows from starlings. After that everything is a duck as far as I'm concerned. -- Monstrous Regiment -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
