PortableXDR - external data representation (XDR) library

Downloads

For the latest version of PortableXDR, see the downloads directory.

About PortableXDR

Portable XDR is an XDR (RFC 4506) library for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

The goals of this library are very narrowly defined at the moment:

1. Support the XDR functions required to build libvirt.
2. Compile, install and use under modern versions of Windows, using MinGW compiler and MSys toolchain; and Mac OS X ≥ 10.3 using gcc.
3. Supply binaries and installers for Windows and Mac users.
4. Remove all Sun code because of questionable license.

Status

As of 4.9.1:

• Free, modern replacement for rpcgen (only supports the XDR parts of rpcgen however).

As of 4.0.8:

• Mac OS X support compiles, and libvirt can now be compiled.
• Windows compiles and builds a DLL.

To do

• Need to check/fix the make install rule.
• Need to build Windows binary installer.
• Need to build Mac OS X installer (DMG or MacPorts?)
• Get it into Macports.
• Replace the rest of the Sun XDR code.

Licensing

The programs are under the GNU GPL version 2 or above. The library parts are under GNU Library Public License (LGPL) version 2 or above.

Development repository

The development repository is now managed in git (thanks Jim Meyering for sorting this out):

git clone http://git.annexia.org/git/portablexdr.git

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