Bug#620421: nfs-kernel-server: init script depends on non-existent ‘/dev/tcp/’
On 04/13/2011 11:32 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:01:26PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
>> On 04/13/2011 10:39 PM, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote:
> [...]
>>> It could be replaced by rpcinfo (as suggested before) which is provided
>>> by libc-bin, so no extra dependencies and no breakage. Why not? Why
>>> such a resistance?
>>
>> I didn't see the suggestion to use rpcinfo. The one of libc-bin will
>> probably be removed at some point, though we always will have the one of
>> rpcbind.
>>
>> Committed, so will be in a new upload unless any objections are out.
>
> Does glibc's rpcinfo actually work with rpcbind, then? It is
> documented as only speaking the portmapper protocol, and we now
> know libtirpc doesn't handle that.
Yes, it does work.
> Also, I think either method (/dev/tcp/localhost/111 or rpcinfo)
> will not work for anyone who configures rpcbind to listen on IPv6
> only.
Only rpcbind's rpcinfo would work in that case, true.
Cheers
Luk
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