Re: [Nbd] Server without Glib?

[Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 10:10:24PM +0100, Tom Lloyd wrote:
> Hullo there.
> 
> For reasons that (for brevity's sake) I won't go into now, I've found myself
> in a position where I very much want to run nbd-server on a system which
> does not use Glib.  I know that this is currently impossible, but I was
> wondering: how much work would it take to convert the source code into a
> form that would compile and run on my machine?  Would it be an achievable
> task for somebody who has only just learnt C?  (I've been meaning to learn C
> for a while now; this might just give me the kick I need to do it.)

The use of glib was introduced in nbd-server 2.8; if you use a version
that's older than that, you don't need glib.

Note that such versions aren't supported anymore, however; I strongly
urge you to install a glib-based version if at all possible.

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