8.31. Libnsl-2.0.0

8.31.1. Introduction to Libnsl

The libnsl package contains the public client interface for NIS(YP). It replaces the NIS library that used to be in glibc.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 6.4 MB

8.31.2. Installation of Libnsl

Create the PKGBUILD for the Libnsl package with the following commands:

mkdir /sources/zlib
cd /sources/zlib
cat > PKGBUILD << "REALEOF"
# Maintainer: Linux From Scratch <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org>

pkgname="libnsl"
pkgver="2.0.0"
pkgrel="1"
pkgdesc="The libnsl package contains the public client interface for NIS(YP) and NIS+."
arch=(x86_64)
license=('LGPLv2.1'
         'LGPLv3')
# Optional Dependencies:
# $(pacman -Q keyutils >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'keyutils')
# $(pacman -Q mitkrb5 >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'mitkrb5')
depends=('glibc'
         'libtirpc')
makedepends=('bash'
             'binutils'
             'coreutils'
             'gcc'
             'gettext'
             'glibc'
             'grep'
             'libtirpc'
             'sed')
# $(pacman -Q keyutils >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo 'keyutils:use key management')
# $(pacman -Q mitkrb5 >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo 'mitkrb5:add GSSAPI suppot')
optdepends=('keyutils'
            'mitkrb5')
source=("https://github.com/thkukuk/${pkgname}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
md5sums('1e8c0615071ea13202452304de1eaab9')

build() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-static
  make
}

package() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
}
REALEOF

Prepare the build directory for the pacman user and build the package:

chown -R root:pacman .
chmod 2775 .
chmod 664 PKGBUILD
su pacman -c 'makepkg -L --nodeps'

Add the newly created package to the central package repository:

repo-add /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/LFS.db.tar.xz \
         /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/libnsl-2.0.0-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz

Update the local cache and install the Libnsl package:

pacman -Syu
pacman -S libnsl --overwrite \* -dd --noconfirm

Finally, copy the source files into the source repository and clean up the build directory:

mkdir /srv/pacman/source/LFS/libnsl
cp PKGBUILD /srv/pacman/source/LFS/libnsl
cd /sources
rm -rf libnsl

8.31.3. Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libnsl.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libnsl.so

provides the NIS (YP) API functions required by other programs