On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 08:36:51PM +0100, Johan Walles wrote: > First of all, my insights in glibc development and RPC are close to > none, so if the below is stupid, please be nice :-).
I try not to eat people when they ask questions. Failure to read the manual, on the other hand, ... ;) > s�n 2003-01-19 klockan 18.46 skrev Jeff Bailey: > > 171659 is not holding back testing. I've spoken with both bdale and aj > > to let them know that I'm working with upstream on fixing this. > What kind of fix are you working on with upstream? Re-implementing RPC > sounds like the proper long-term solution, but it also sounds like it > could take half a year or more before it is done. This is what we're talking about mostly. Upstream is also trying to work with Sun Microsystems on getting the license changed. > Is there another, short term solution in the works? Nope. But the problem's not new. It's been in glibc since 1994. While I agree that we should not release a new version with this code in place, I also think that we should not panic and do something crazy in the meantime. It's waited this long. Wish I had a better answer. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
