libtirpc and redeclared bindresvport/bindresvport_sa

libtirpc and redeclared bindresvport/bindresvport_sa

[Peter Rosin]

Hi!

I ran into this problem [1] when doing some RPC coding, and went
searching for a resolution. But I came up empty. Was there any
further discussion? Is this what is holding up the libvirt ITP?
I guess the window for releasing an ABI-incompatible libtirpc
0.2.1-2 is firmly closed.

Meanwhile, libtirpc-0.2.4 has been released, but this particular
problem probably remains [2].

Cheers,
Peter

[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-08/msg00659.html
[2] http://sourceforge.net/p/libtirpc/bugs/23/

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Re: libtirpc and redeclared bindresvport/bindresvport_sa

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On 2014-05-27 01:54, Peter Rosin wrote:
> I ran into this problem [1] when doing some RPC coding, and went
> searching for a resolution. But I came up empty. Was there any
> further discussion?

AFAICS that thread is the extent of it.

> Is this what is holding up the libvirt ITP?

No, I think that would just be Eric's schedule.

> Meanwhile, libtirpc-0.2.4 has been released, but this particular
> problem probably remains [2].

The issue is an upstream one, and as you note, exists even on glibc 
platforms.  The function originates in sunrpc code, which is now 
maintained as libtirpc, but because it was treated as a generic 
networking function in glibc (declared in <netinet/in.h>), it is still 
provided even if the now-obsolete RPC code is not (IOW if glibc is 
configured w/o --enable-obsolete-rpc).

Since these are just redundant declarations and not conflicting ones, 
each existing for good reason, and the identical situation exists on 
glibc platforms, I don't think this is really an issue that needs to be 
addressed at this time.  If a real-world failure does occur, we can 
reassess the situation then.


Yaakov


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