[MacPorts] #47801: Proposal for adding more recent rpcgen (from FreeBSD2007)

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#47801: Proposal for adding more recent rpcgen (from FreeBSD2007)
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 Reporter:  pmusumeci@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  request      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.3.3
 Keywords:  rpcgen       |       Port:
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 Hi,

 I have been helping the maintainer of the Octave package for Instrument
 Control get his software building on OS-X. The major issue was that rpcgen
 in OS-X is an older version that does not support the '-M' thread-safe
 code generation option. I found that a relatively recent (but not the most
 recent) copy of the FreeBSD sources for Sun Microsystems' rpcgen will
 build as-is so I would like to ask if we can have this rpcgen available as
 a MacPort. Could the more recent rpcgen be added to MacPorts?

 Below is a small script that downloads and builds rpcgen from a 2007 era
 FreeBSD-current. To show the difference in use options, I have also
 included the help message from both rpcgen - the first is for OS-X rpcgen
 which mentions that it is has a SunOS 4.1 compatibility mode and the
 second is the more recent FreeBSD version which has the new '-M' switch
 and mentions FreeBSD 4.X compatibility.

 Thanks,
 Phillip Musumeci

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 #
 # Simply download FreeBSD-current rpcgen sources and build for OS-X
 # - Some octave packages require a more modern version of rpcgen. The
 #   Sun Microsystems version of rpcgen as found in FreeBSD in 2007 will
 #   build as-is, so we use it to replace a much earlier OS-X version.
 #
 # p.musumeci at ieee.org 21-May-2015
 #

 SRV=http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-
 current/src/usr.bin/rpcgen

 SRC="Makefile rpc_clntout.c rpc_cout.c rpc_hout.c rpc_main.c rpc_parse.c
 rpc_parse.h rpc_sample.c rpc_scan.c rpc_scan.h rpc_svcout.c rpc_tblout.c
 rpc_util.c rpc_util.h rpcgen.1"

 mkdir -p sun_rpcgen
 cd sun_rpcgen

 for x in $SRC ; do
   echo "Downloading $x"
   fetch -m $SRV/$x
   done

 ########################################
 mv Makefile Makefile.sun
 echo '# Simple build of rpcgen

 all:
         cc -O -o rpcgen *.c
 ' > Makefile

 ########################################
 echo 'These files for Sun Microsystems rpcgen were downloaded from

 http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-
 current/src/usr.bin/rpcgen

 and used as-is to build an rpcgen on OS-X.' > README.txt

 ########################################
 ls -l
 echo 'Build command: cc -O -o rpcgen *.c'


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 Current OS-X

 giotto $ /usr/bin/rpcgen
 usage:
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/rpcgen
 infile
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/rpcgen
 [-a][-b][-C][-Dname[=value]] -i size  [-I [-K seconds]] [-A][-L][-M
 toolkit][-N][-T] infile
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/rpcgen
 [-c | -h | -l | -m | -t | -Sc | -Ss] [-o outfile] [infile]
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/rpcgen
 [-s nettype]* [-o outfile] [infile]
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/rpcgen
 [-n netid]* [-o outfile] [infile]
 options:
 -A              generate svc_caller() function
 -a              generate all files, including samples
 -b              backward compatibility mode (generates code for SunOS 4.1)
 -c              generate XDR routines
 -C              ANSI C mode
 -Dname[=value]  define a symbol (same as #define)
 -h              generate header file
 -i size         size at which to start generating inline code
 -I              generate code for inetd support in server (for SunOS 4.1)
 -K seconds      server exits after K seconds of inactivity
 -l              generate client side stubs
 -L              server errors will be printed to syslog
 -m              generate server side stubs
 -n netid        generate server code that supports named netid
 -N              supports multiple arguments and call-by-value
 -o outfile      name of the output file
 -s nettype      generate server code that supports named nettype
 -Sc             generate sample client code that uses remote procedures
 -Ss             generate sample server code that defines remote procedures
 -t              generate RPC dispatch table
 -T              generate code to support RPC dispatch tables
 -Y path         directory name to find C preprocessor (cpp)

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 FreeBSD from around 2007

 giotto $ rpcgen
 usage: rpcgen infile
        rpcgen [-abCLNTM] [-Dname[=value]] [-i size][-I -P [-K seconds]]
 [-Y path] infile
        rpcgen [-c | -h | -l | -m | -t | -Sc | -Ss | -Sm][-o outfile]
 [infile]
        rpcgen [-s nettype]* [-o outfile] [infile]
        rpcgen [-n netid]* [-o outfile] [infile]
 options:
 -a              generate all files, including samples
 -b              backward compatibility mode (generates code for FreeBSD
 4.X)
 -c              generate XDR routines
 -C              ANSI C mode
 -Dname[=value]  define a symbol (same as #define)
 -h              generate header file
 -i size         size at which to start generatinginline code
 -I              generate code for inetd support in server
 -K seconds      server exits after K seconds ofinactivity
 -l              generate client side stubs
 -L              server errors will be printed to syslog
 -m              generate server side stubs
 -M              generate MT-safe code
 -n netid        generate server code that supportsnamed netid
 -N              supports multiple arguments andcall-by-value
 -o outfile      name of the output file
 -P              generate code for port monitoring support in server
 -s nettype      generate server code that supports namednettype
 -Sc             generate sample client code that uses remoteprocedures
 -Ss             generate sample server code that definesremote procedures
 -Sm             generate makefile template
 -t              generate RPC dispatch table
 -T              generate code to support RPC dispatch tables
 -Y path         path where cpp is found

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