F15's /usr/include/rpc has disappeared; <netdb.h> uncompilable

[Dave Airlie]

On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:52 -0600, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Thu, 05 May 2011 15:39:21 +0200
> Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> 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.