glfs/networking/netlibs/libnsl.xml

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libnsl-download-http "https://github.com/thkukuk/libnsl/archive/&libnsl-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libnsl-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libnsl-md5sum        "af13f06000c691bc19dfc82822ab5374">
  <!ENTITY libnsl-size          "212 KB">
  <!ENTITY libnsl-buildsize     "8.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY libnsl-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libnsl" xreflabel="libnsl-&libnsl-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libnsl.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libnsl-&libnsl-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libnsl">
    <primary sortas="a-libnsl">libnsl</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libnsl</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libnsl</application> package contains the public client
      interface for NIS(YP) and NIS+. It replaces the NIS library that used to
      be in GlibC.
    </para>

    &lfs81_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libnsl-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libnsl-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libnsl-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libnsl-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libnsl-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libnsl-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libnsl Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Requried</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="rpcsvc-proto"/> and <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libnsl"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libnsl</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libnsl</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>autoreconf -fi                &amp;&amp;
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install                  &amp;&amp;
mv /usr/lib/libnsl.so.2* /lib &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../../lib/libnsl.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib/libnsl.so</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <para>
      <command>mv -v /usr/lib/libnsl.so.2* ...</command>: Move shared
      libraries into /lib so they are available before /usr is mounted.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libnsl.{a,so}
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libnsl-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl.{a,so}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides the NIS (YP) API functions required by other programs.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libnsl libnsl-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>