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From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: nfs-utils and unfsd
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:13:05 -0400
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Chuck Lever wrote:
> There is a generic RPC server helper in nfs-utils called rpc_init(). 
> This API will need to be modified to support IPv6 in statd and mountd,
> at least.
> 
> However, there is a comment inside support/nfs/rpcmisc.c, where
> rpc_init() resides, that suggests that this interface is also used by
> unfsd.
> 
> Is it OK for me to modify nfs-utils' copy of this function, or is there
> any kind of ABI restriction between unfsd and nfs-utils?
I don't see any problem... Is there even a supported/maintained version
of unfsd out there today? I did a quick google search and didn't find
anything but man pages... 

steved.