On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 04:13:28PM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > I'd like to have feedback - especially from the glibc distribution > maintainers - whether we should revert the following change for glibc 2.16: > > * The RPC implementation in libc is obsoleted. Old programs keep working > but new programs cannot be linked with the routines in libc anymore. > Programs in need of RPC functionality must be linked against TI-RPC. > The TI-RPC implementation is IPv6 enabled and there are other benefits. > > Visible changes of this change include (obviously) the inability to link > programs using RPC functions without referencing the TI-RPC library and > the > removal of the RPC headers from the glibc headers. > > Various distros - including Fedora and openSUSE - have been reverting this > patch locally already. Looking at the libtirpc project, the TI-RPC library > is not ready to be a full replacement and they need help to become a full > replacement. Right now I see no progress from them - but once it's a > replacement, I'm all for obsoleting the glibc code again. > > Packages can still choose to use libtirpc instead of sunrpc, they can be > installed in parallel in a system, >
I think it is the way to go. Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
