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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add rpcbind


From: John Darrington
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add rpcbind
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:38:00 +0200
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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:25:36PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
     John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
     
     > +    (synopsis "A server to convert RPC program numbers into universal 
addresses")
                       ^
     What about: ???Convert ONC??RPC program numbers to addresses????

I have no idea what ONC is.
     
     > +    (description
     > +     "The rpcbind utility is a server that converts RPC program numbers 
into 
     > +universal addresses.")
     
     Maybe: ???The @command{rpcbind} utility is a directory server that convert
     ONC??RPC program numbers to IP addresses.???
     
What is a "directory server"  it doesn't serve up directories.

J'



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