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Re: [PATCH] Disable rest of sunrpc, too [V3]
- From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>
- To: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:40:27 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable rest of sunrpc, too [V3]
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- References: <20170223144251.GA7680@suse.de> <CAKCAbMj_=GCd33UCBfUyLf+Xi-wDty4N7H2V3LMD-8QbxeN17Q@mail.gmail.com> <20170223163026.GA7547@suse.de> <20170224142058.GA12862@suse.de> <CAKCAbMg1SjxM1_JyhxH-UF-RfinPtvKWPHu=Jv1FPK7+kNd2iQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Feb 24, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Regarding /etc/rpc and (rpc/)netdb.h, does your software (or TIRPC
> proper) include an implementation of getrpcby(name|number|ent)?
No, especially not one which is NSS capable. That's why this functions
are still enabled and the header file still installed.
I remembered meanwhile an older discussion, that we wanted to keep that
functions in glibc, since this is no real RPC code but glibc macros.
Thorsten
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