autofs-5.1.1 - add autofs(5) note of IPv6 libtirpc requirement From: Ian Kent Add a NOTE to the autofs(5) man page to document that autofs must be build to use libtirpc for RPC services if IPv6 is to be used. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent --- CHANGELOG | 1 + man/autofs.5 | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 77c6f65..86982e4 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ - fix Makefile linking dependencies. - fix modules make clean target. - fix autofs(5) description of supported map sources. +- add autofs(5) note of IPv6 libtirpc requirement. 21/04/2015 autofs-5.1.1 ======================= diff --git a/man/autofs.5 b/man/autofs.5 index e8741c8..efde77a 100644 --- a/man/autofs.5 +++ b/man/autofs.5 @@ -591,6 +591,12 @@ configuration option auto_dir) and the path /test/local either symlinked or bind mounted (depending on the setting autofs_use_lofs) to the "local" subdirectory of the external mount. .BR +.SH "NOTES" +To be able to use IPv6 within autofs maps the package must be build +to use the libtirpc library for its RPC communications. This is +becuase the glibc RPC implementation doesn't support IPv6 and is +depricated so this is not likely to change. +.BR .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR automount (8), .BR auto.master (5),