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Re: [Libtirpc-devel] Fwd: Re: proposed patch to rpcbind to providefiner-grained security controls than offered by the -i option
On 12/13/2010 12:31 PM, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:29, Chuck Lever <chucklever@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a build-time option to include the RPC
>> implementation in glibc, and to install the RPC headers and man pages
>> at install time?
>
> The concept of binary compatibility seems to be completely alien to
> you. No, there cannot be an option to leave out code which has been
> there before without breaking compatibility.
>
> What is possible is to prevent the linker from using the definitions
> in libc. It would be as if the symbols aren't there anymore but
> existing programs would continue to work. I'm open to implement this
> for a future release.
This sounds very reasonable... What is the next step?
steved