On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:52 -0600, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Thu, 05 May 2011 15:39:21 +0200 > Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Reported as http://bugzilla.redhat.com/702366 > > and http://bugzilla.redhat.com/702354 > > Well, here's NEWS: > > > * 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 implemtation 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, the > > removal of the RPC headers from the glibc headers, and the lack of > > symbols defined in <rpc/netdb.h> when <netdb.h> is installed. > > Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. > > The question is: what is TI-RPC and where one finds it? > Is it even packaged in Fedora? No the question is what do the glibc maintainers think they are doing introducing changes like this in a branched release. This sort of stuff should be in rawhide. These guys are in no way useful at helping create a distro, can we request a fedora glibc maintainer who understands how to follow a release schedule. Dave. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
