source: networking/netlibs/libtirpc.xml@ cd34755

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  <!ENTITY libtirpc-size          "460 KB">
  <!ENTITY libtirpc-buildsize     "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY libtirpc-time          "0.2 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libtirpc" xreflabel="libtirpc-&libtirpc-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libtirpc.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libtirpc-&libtirpc-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libtirpc">
    <primary sortas="a-libtirpc">libtirpc</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libtirpc</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libtirpc</application> package contains
      libraries that support programs that use the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) 
      API. It replaces the RPC, but not the NIS library entries that 
      used to be in glibc.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libtirpc-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libtirpc-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libtirpc-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libtirpc-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para> 
          Estimated disk space required: &libtirpc-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libtirpc-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required header tar file (Add rpc/nis headers):
          <ulink url="&sources-anduin-other;/rpcnis-headers.tar.bz2"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required Patch (Remove nis dependencies):
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libtirpc-&libtirpc-version;-remove-nis-2.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libtirpc Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>
    </para>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssapi">libgssapi</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libtirpc"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libtirpc</title>

    <para>
      Glibc 2.14 and later does not install NIS and RPC related headers by
      default. If needed, install them by running the following command
      as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>if [ ! -r /usr/include/rpc/rpc.h ]; then
   tar -xvf ../rpcnis-headers.tar.bz2 -C /usr/include
fi</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>libtirpc</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libtirpc-&libtirpc-version;-remove-nis-2.patch &amp;&amp;
sed "s@AM_CONFIG_HEADER@AC_CONFIG_HEADERS@g" -i configure.ac &amp;&amp;
autoreconf -fi &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr CFLAGS="-fPIC" &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
mv -v /usr/lib/libtirpc.so.* /lib &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../../lib/libtirpc.so.1.0.10 /usr/lib/libtirpc.so</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed "s@AM_CONFIG_HEADER@AC_CONFIG_HEADERS@g"
      -i configure.ac</command>: This sed fixes some issues with
      <application>Automake</application> 1.13 and later.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>mv -v /usr/lib/libtirpc.so.* ...</command>: Move shared 
      libraries into /lib so they are available before /usr is mounted.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libtirpc.{so,a}
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/netconfig and
          /usr/include/libtirpc
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libtirpc-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtirpc.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) API functions required by
            other programs.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libtirpc libtirpc-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libtirpc">libtirpc.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>