glfs/basicnet/netprogs/portmap/portmap-intro.xml

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>portmap</application></title>

<para>The <application>portmap</application> package is a more secure 
replacement for the original SUN <application>portmap</application> package.  
<application>Portmap</application> is used to forward <acronym>RPC</acronym>
requests to <acronym>RPC</acronym> daemons such as <acronym>NFS</acronym>
and <acronym>NIS</acronym>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&portmap-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&portmap-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &portmap-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&portmap-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&portmap-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/portmap-5beta-compilation-fixes-2.patch"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/portmap-5beta-glibc-errno-fix.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

                                                                                
<sect3><title><application>portmap</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>