sunrpc and rpcgen code

sunrpc and rpcgen code

[Yair Lenga]

The current glibc library includes a version of the sunrpc (a.k.a oncrpc)
rpc library, and the 'rpcgen' utility, used to translate ".x" files
into rpc clients/server stubs. I recall a few years ago, there were some
discussions about splitting those components from glibc into separate
packages.

Checking if those plans are still being worked on. if yes, is there a
target ? is there a replacement package ?

Yair Lenga

Re: sunrpc and rpcgen code

[Florian Weimer]

* Yair Lenga via Libc-help:

> The current glibc library includes a version of the sunrpc (a.k.a oncrpc)
> rpc library, and the 'rpcgen' utility, used to translate ".x" files
> into rpc clients/server stubs. I recall a few years ago, there were some
> discussions about splitting those components from glibc into separate
> packages.

I believe the de-facto replacement is here:

  <https://github.com/thkukuk/rpcsvc-proto/>

  This package contains rpcsvc proto.x files from glibc, which are
  missing in libtirpc. Additional it contains rpcgen, which is needed
  to create header files and sources from protocol files.
  This package is only needed, if glibc is installed without the
  deprecated sunrpc functionality and libtirpc should replace it.

It's what most distributions use, I believe.

Thanks,
Florian