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

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sun May 8 10:00:07 UTC 2011


Tom Lane wrote:
> but it hasn't done anything for the problem that packages that actually
> need RPC functionality will now FTBFS for lack of a BuildRequires on
> libtirpc, if not need actual source patches (maybe they were assuming
> netdb.h would pull in rpc/netdb.h, for instance).  And if they aren't
> recompiled, they'll most likely fail to run for lack of the right .so
> dependencies.

Actually, if they aren't recompiled, they'll still work, using the RPC code 
from glibc. It is still there for binary compatibility, it just cannot be 
used in new builds.

The problem comes up when they DO need to get recompiled, for whatever 
reason.

        Kevin Kofler



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