[Xymon] Xymon 4.3.29 Released - Important Security Update

[Stephen Carville (xymon list)]

On 7/24/19 6:39 PM, Japheth Cleaver wrote:

> On 7/24/2019 7:01 AM, Stephen Carville (xymon list) wrote:
>> On 7/23/19 9:08 AM, Japheth Cleaver wrote:
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>> Just an FYI.  When I updated my CentOS 7 xymon server by building from
>> source, it refused to include the openssl libraries until I installed
>> the libtirpc-devel package.  Not sure why it is necessary.
>>
> 
> Thanks, I'll make a note of that on the RPM site. The underlying reason
> here is that GCC's rpc interface was removed after a long deprecation,
> in favor of libtirpc. It was easier to simply test for that and move
> forward on use. This will also be necessary for 4.4 (IPv6) and was the
> main cause of the recent Fedora FTBFS's.

OK.  It makes sense now.  Thank you.

> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SunRPCRemoval
> 
> Regards,
> -jc
> 

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Stephen