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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +LIBTIRPC 0.1 FROM SUN'S TIRPCSRC 2.3 29 Aug 1994 + +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. + +This release was a native source release, compatible for +building on Solaris 2.3. It had been ported from FreeBSD 5.2.1 to GNU/Linux +in 2004. + +Applications linked with this release's librpc must link with the United +States domestic version of libcrypt in order to resolve the cbc_crypt() and +ecb_crypt() functions. These routines are used with Secure RPC however all +RPC programs that link with this release's librpc will need to link with the +domestic libcrypt. + +WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE: TIRPCSRC 2.3 FROM SUN + +The previous release was TIRPCSRC 2.0. + +1. This release is based on Solaris 2.3. The previous release was + based on Solaris 2.0. This release contains a siginificant number of + bug fixes and other enhancements over TIRPCSRC 2.0. + +2. The RPC library is thread safe for all client-side interfaces + (clnt_create, clnt_call, etc.). The server-side interfaces + (svc_create, svc_run, etc.) are not thread safe in this release. The + server-side interfaces will be made thread safe in the next release of + TIRPCSRC. Please see the manual pages for details about which + interfaces are thread safe. + +3. As part of the work to make the RPC library thread-safe, rpcgen has + been enhanced to generate thread-safe RPC stubs (the -M option). Note + that this modifies the call-signature for the stub functions; the + procedure calling the RPC stub must now pass to the stub a pointer to + an allocated structure where results will be placed by the stub. See + the rpcgen manual page and the rpcgen Programming Guide for details. + |