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libtirpc

brew install libtirpc v1.3.7 BSD-3-Clause

C library implementing Sun's Transport-Independent RPC (TI-RPC) protocol for network communication.

Why you might care

Required for NFS and other network services that depend on RPC on non-Solaris systems. Provides a POSIX-compliant alternative to the original Sun RPC library, with support for both IPv4 and IPv6. Primarily used as a build and runtime dependency for system utilities and network daemons.

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librpc glibc RPC (deprecated)
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