libtirpc is an updated version of the Sun RPC library. As such, it replaces part of the (orphaned) sunrpc package -- just as on linux, it replaces the built-in RPC routines in glibc: http://nfsv4.bullopensource.org/doc/tirpc_rpcbind.php You should update sunrpc, if installed, to 4.0-4 or above.
The headers are installed into /usr/lib/tirpc/rpc/* and not /usr/lib/rpc/ As a consequence, developers must add -I/usr/lib/tirpc when compiling RPC clients and servers on cygwin. Similarly, linking requires -ltirpc. However, this is the same procedure used on linux -- so any client that has already been taught how to accept tirpc on linux will be fine on cygwin. This version is compiled without the XDR routines, as cygwin-1.7.2+ provides those routines internally. It is compiled without AUTH_DES support (that is, cygwin libtirpc is not NIS-aware, because there is not yet any cygwin NIS server or client; since NIS requires a portmap or rpcbind implementation, we have a bit of a chicken/egg issue). Also, it is compiled without GSS_API support, because the official cygwin distribution does not yet contain any Kerboros implementation. Thus, this version of libtirpc supports only unencrypted communication. However, MOST uses of RPC are unencrypted, so this shouldn't be a big deal. Official PR blurb: ------------------ This package contains SunLib's implementation of transport-independent RPC (TI-RPC) documentation. This library forms a piece of the base of Open Network Computing (ONC), and is derived directly from the Solaris 2.3 source. TI-RPC is an enhanced version of TS-RPC that requires the UNIX System V Transport Layer Interface (TLI) or an equivalent X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). TI-RPC is on-the-wire compatible with the TS-RPC, which is supported by almost 70 vendors on all major operating systems. TS-RPC source code (RPCSRC 4.0) remains available from several internet sites. -- Charles Wilson volunteer libtirpc maintainer for cygwin ==================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
