#3463: Compilation failure with >=glibc-2.14 due to missing rpc
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.4.0
Component: Compiling | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: | CPU: Unspecified
Platform: Linux |
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Recent glibc versions do not provide rpc, but GRASS expects it to be
present. There is no failure during configuration phase if rpc is not
present.
This issue will manifest itself on any GNU/Linux distro as soon as glibc
gets upgraded to more recent version. Thus it needs to be fixed before
upcoming release (unless we want to make fast 7.4.1 with a fix inside).
Note – some distributions provide workarounds (i.e. on Gentoo rpc got
removed only in 2.26).
Affected files:
{{{
grep -nHIirF --exclude-dir=.svn -- '<rpc/'
lib/raster/open.c:15:#include <rpc/types.h>
lib/raster/open.c:16:#include <rpc/xdr.h>
lib/raster/get_row.c:18:#include <rpc/types.h> /* need this for
sgi */
lib/raster/range.c:15:#include <rpc/types.h> /* need this for
sgi */
}}}
Things to do:
* configuration must check for rpc presence and fail if rpc is missing;
* dependency on rpc should be removed or an alternative should be examined
(is current state of libtirpc good enough?)
#3463: Compilation failure with >=glibc-2.14 due to missing rpc
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.4.0
Component: Compiling | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
CPU: Unspecified | Platform: Linux
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Comment (by neteler):
Which glibc do you have?
Strange, because of r52015 ("Eliminate RPC/XDR dependency from raster
library") and r71265 ("rasterlib: Eliminate RPC/XDR dependency from raster
library (r52015 cont'd)").
I have locally eliminated the above include statements and it compiles
fine (Fedora 26). Does this fail for you?
#3463: Compilation failure with >=glibc-2.14 due to missing rpc
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.4.0
Component: Compiling | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: xrpc
CPU: Unspecified | Platform: Linux
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Changes (by neteler):
* keywords: => xrpc
Comment:
Replying to [comment:1 neteler]:
> Which glibc do you have?
Right, it was in the ticket title.
I have glibc-2.25-12.fc26.x86_64 and no problems.
> Strange, because of r52015 ("Eliminate RPC/XDR dependency from raster
library") and r71265 ("rasterlib: Eliminate RPC/XDR dependency from raster
library (r52015 cont'd)").
>
> I have locally eliminated the above include statements and it compiles
fine (Fedora 26). Does this fail for you?
Now in trunk in r71902 (eliminated the superfluous headers). Please test.
#3463: Compilation failure with >=glibc-2.14 due to missing rpc
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.4.0
Component: Compiling | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: xrpc
CPU: Unspecified | Platform: Linux
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Comment (by marisn):
Replying to [comment:2 neteler]:
> Now in trunk in r71902 (eliminated the superfluous headers). Please
test.
>
> If ok, then we backport it.
Yes, please, backport it. I checked the code too – these really are only
leftovers and serve no purpose any more.