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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:01:35 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Emil Mikulic <emikulic@optushome.com.au>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rstat()
Message-ID:  <20021001180135.GT95327@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021001170446.GA46967@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <001201c26871$136fc380$0100a8c0@coren> <20021001152629.GA46387@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021001162223.GA4426@haplo.brasd1.vic.optusnet.com.au> <20021001170446.GA46967@xor.obsecurity.org>

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* Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [021001 10:04] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 02:22:24AM +1000, Emil Mikulic wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:26:29AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:03:57PM +1000, Emil Mikulic wrote:
> > > > Why doesn't rstat() have a manpage or a function prototype in the
> > > > /usr/include/rpcsvc/rstat.h header?
> > > 
> > > Maybe it is supposed to be internal-use-only.
> > 
> > IIRC, the xmeter manpage says that xmeter uses rstat() to get its stats.  Also,
> > Solaris has an rstat() manpage, and I wrote a program that uses the rstat()
> > call which works identically under Solaris and FreeBSD, except that under
> > FreeBSD I get a compiler warning about not having a prototype for the rstat()
> > function.
> 
> I'm not sure then..I've CC'ed the maintainer of the RPC stuff.

Whoa.... :)

I'm the RPC maintainer?

Well ok, I've just checked in a fix for the prototypes being declared
into -current, I'll take a shot at -stable RSN (most likely tomorrow).
As far as a manpage I don't know when I'll have time for that.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'

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