Re: Man page errors for rpcgen(1)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2016, Paul Goyette wrote:

> While perusing this man page, I found a couple of items which might be 
> errors.  (They could also be problems with my feeble brain trying to grasp 
> all the concepts...)
>
> First,
>
> In the description of the -K option, the text says that '-K 0' causes the 
> server to exit immediately, while '-K -1' causes the server to never exit. 
> Yet, the final paragraph seems to contradict that, with
>
> 	If it is known that a server will be used with such a monitor,
>        the server should exit immediately on completion.  For such
> 	servers, rpcgen should be used with ``-K -1''.
>
> I think that that last entry should say
>
> 	... with ``-K -1''

My cut&paste error - I think it should say

	... with ``-K 0''

:)


> ??
>
> Second,
>
> In the description of the -I option, the last sentence references the 
> compiler macro RCP_SVC_FG.  Yet everything related to rpc seems to use a 
> prefix of RPC;  should this be changed to RCP_SVC_FG?
>
> 	... it places itself in the background, unless RCP_SVC_FG is
> 	defined, or the server is compiled without -I.
>
>
> Are these actual man-page errors?  Or is my feeble brain confusing me more 
> than it usually does?  :)
>
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