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Re: deprecated sunrpc and rpc/netdb.h


On Thu, Mar 17, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> other than fixing glibc to not install rpc/netdb.h (or any other
> rpc related header) when rpc is disabled, i'm not seeing what the
> fuss is about.

The fuss is about allowing a smooth transition from glibc
sunrpc to an external tirpc.
Why do you think all Linux distributions do compile glibc with
--enable-obsolete-rpc?
Do you really think that this will change if there is not
a smooth transition path?
Even if you think RPC is dead and not in wide use, I'm
not aware of any Linux distribution which is able to
work without RPC. And for this reason, a switch to something
else will never happen if it is a huge amount of work for
them and they will additional suffer from missing features 
afterwards.
Why should they do it?

  Thorsten



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