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