Slackware 14.2slackware-14.2

Thu Jun 30 20:26:57 UTC 2016
Slackware 14.2 x86_64 stable is released!

The long development cycle (the Linux community has lately been living in
"interesting times", as they say) is finally behind us, and we're proud to
announce the release of Slackware 14.2.  The new release brings many updates
and modern tools, has switched from udev to eudev (no systemd), and adds
well over a hundred new packages to the system.  Thanks to the team, the
upstream developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else
who pitched in to help make this release a reality.

The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.  Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com.  We're taking
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Have fun!  :-)

10 files changed, 497 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/0001-security.c-removed-warning.patch b/source/n/rpcbind/0001-security.c-removed-warning.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ca5b6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/0001-security.c-removed-warning.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From de47f6323d8fb20feefee21d0195cf0529151e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:57:35 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/4] security.c: removed warning
+
+src/security.c:100:8: warning: implicit declaration of function 'xlog'
+[-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
+
+Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/security.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/security.c b/src/security.c
+index 0c9453f..c54ce26 100644
+--- a/src/security.c
++++ b/src/security.c
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
+ #include <syslog.h>
+ #include <netdb.h>
+ 
++#include "xlog.h"
++
+ /*
+  * XXX for special case checks in check_callit.
+  */
+-- 
+2.6.4
+
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/0002-Fix-memory-corruption-in-PMAP_CALLIT-code.patch b/source/n/rpcbind/0002-Fix-memory-corruption-in-PMAP_CALLIT-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a80742f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/0002-Fix-memory-corruption-in-PMAP_CALLIT-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+From d5dace219953c45d26ae42db238052b68540649a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
+Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:18:20 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Fix memory corruption in PMAP_CALLIT code
+
+ - A PMAP_CALLIT call comes in on IPv4 UDP
+ - rpcbind duplicates the caller's address to a netbuf and stores it in
+   FINFO[0].caller_addr. caller_addr->buf now points to a memory region A
+   with a size of 16 bytes
+ - rpcbind forwards the call to the local service, receives a reply
+ - when processing the reply, it does this in xprt_set_caller:
+    xprt->xp_rtaddr = *FINFO[0].caller_addr
+   It sends out the reply, and then frees the netbuf caller_addr and
+   caller_addr.buf.
+   However, it does not clear xp_rtaddr, so xp_rtaddr.buf now refers
+   to memory region A, which is free.
+ - When the next call comes in on the UDP/IPv4 socket, svc_dg_recv will
+   be called, which will set xp_rtaddr to the client's address.
+   It will reuse the buffer inside xp_rtaddr, ie it will write a
+   sockaddr_in to region A
+
+Some time down the road, an incoming TCP connection is accepted,
+allocating a fresh SVCXPRT. The memory region A is inside the
+new SVCXPRT
+
+ - While processing the TCP call, another UDP call comes in, again
+   overwriting region A with the client's address
+ - TCP client closes connection. In svc_destroy, we now trip over
+   the garbage left in region A
+
+We ran into the case where a commercial scanner was triggering
+occasional rpcbind segfaults. The core file that was captured showed
+a corrupted xprt->xp_netid pointer that was really a sockaddr_in.
+
+Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
+Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/rpcb_svc_com.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/rpcb_svc_com.c b/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
+index ff9ce6b..4ae93f1 100644
+--- a/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
++++ b/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
+@@ -1183,12 +1183,33 @@ check_rmtcalls(struct pollfd *pfds, int nfds)
+ 	return (ncallbacks_found);
+ }
+ 
++/*
++ * This is really a helper function defined in libtirpc, 
++ * but unfortunately, it hasn't been exported yet.
++ */
++static struct netbuf *
++__rpc_set_netbuf(struct netbuf *nb, const void *ptr, size_t len)
++{
++	if (nb->len != len) {
++		if (nb->len)
++			mem_free(nb->buf, nb->len);
++		nb->buf = mem_alloc(len);
++		if (nb->buf == NULL)
++			return NULL;
++
++		nb->maxlen = nb->len = len;
++	}
++	memcpy(nb->buf, ptr, len);
++	return nb;
++}
++
+ static void
+ xprt_set_caller(SVCXPRT *xprt, struct finfo *fi)
+ {
++	const struct netbuf *caller = fi->caller_addr;
+ 	u_int32_t *xidp;
+ 
+-	*(svc_getrpccaller(xprt)) = *(fi->caller_addr);
++	__rpc_set_netbuf(svc_getrpccaller(xprt), caller->buf, caller->len);
+ 	xidp = __rpcb_get_dg_xidp(xprt);
+ 	*xidp = fi->caller_xid;
+ }
+-- 
+2.6.4
+
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/0003-handle_reply-Don-t-use-the-xp_auth-pointer-directly.patch b/source/n/rpcbind/0003-handle_reply-Don-t-use-the-xp_auth-pointer-directly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa64791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/0003-handle_reply-Don-t-use-the-xp_auth-pointer-directly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 9194122389f2a56b1cd1f935e64307e2e963c2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 17:05:18 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 3/4] handle_reply: Don't use the xp_auth pointer directly
+
+In the latest libtirpc version to access the xp_auth
+one must use the SVC_XP_AUTH macro. To be backwards
+compatible a couple ifdefs were added to use the
+macro when it exists.
+
+Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/rpcb_svc_com.c | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/rpcb_svc_com.c b/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
+index 4ae93f1..22d6c84 100644
+--- a/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
++++ b/src/rpcb_svc_com.c
+@@ -1295,10 +1295,17 @@ handle_reply(int fd, SVCXPRT *xprt)
+ 	a.rmt_localvers = fi->versnum;
+ 
+ 	xprt_set_caller(xprt, fi);
++#if defined(SVC_XP_AUTH)
++	SVC_XP_AUTH(xprt) = svc_auth_none;
++#else 
+ 	xprt->xp_auth = &svc_auth_none;
++#endif
+ 	svc_sendreply(xprt, (xdrproc_t) xdr_rmtcall_result, (char *) &a);
++#if !defined(SVC_XP_AUTH)
+ 	SVCAUTH_DESTROY(xprt->xp_auth);
+ 	xprt->xp_auth = NULL;
++#endif
++
+ done:
+ 	if (buffer)
+ 		free(buffer);
+-- 
+2.6.4
+
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/0004-Delete-the-unix-socket-only-if-we-have-created-it.patch b/source/n/rpcbind/0004-Delete-the-unix-socket-only-if-we-have-created-it.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c54d542e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/0004-Delete-the-unix-socket-only-if-we-have-created-it.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 3a664b1b5a310df39bd0f325b0edb1deb31c2249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@bigon.be>
+Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:34:26 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Delete the unix socket only if we have created it
+
+From: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@bigon.be>
+
+If systemd has created the unix socket on our behalf, we shouldn't try
+to delete it.
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279076
+
+Signed-off-by: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@bigon.be
+Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/rpcbind.c | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/rpcbind.c b/src/rpcbind.c
+index 045daa1..c4265cd 100644
+--- a/src/rpcbind.c
++++ b/src/rpcbind.c
+@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static inline void __nss_configure_lookup(const char *db, const char *s) {}
+ int debugging = 0;	/* Tell me what's going on */
+ int doabort = 0;	/* When debugging, do an abort on errors */
+ int dofork = 1;		/* fork? */
++int createdsocket = 0;  /* Did I create the socket or systemd did it for me? */
+ 
+ rpcblist_ptr list_rbl;	/* A list of version 3/4 rpcbind services */
+ 
+@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ init_transport(struct netconfig *nconf)
+ 		memset(&sun, 0, sizeof sun);
+ 		sun.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+ 		unlink(_PATH_RPCBINDSOCK);
++		createdsocket = 1; /* We are now in the process of creating the unix socket */
+ 		strcpy(sun.sun_path, _PATH_RPCBINDSOCK);
+ 		addrlen = SUN_LEN(&sun);
+ 		sa = (struct sockaddr *)&sun;
+@@ -846,7 +848,8 @@ static void
+ terminate(int dummy /*__unused*/)
+ {
+ 	close(rpcbindlockfd);
+-	unlink(_PATH_RPCBINDSOCK);
++	if(createdsocket)
++		unlink(_PATH_RPCBINDSOCK);
+ 	unlink(RPCBINDDLOCK);
+ #ifdef WARMSTART
+ 	write_warmstart();	/* Dump yourself */
+-- 
+2.6.4
+
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/01.rpcbind-manpage-statefile-explanation.patch b/source/n/rpcbind/01.rpcbind-manpage-statefile-explanation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..946dd1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/01.rpcbind-manpage-statefile-explanation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- rpcbind-0.2.3/man/rpcbind.8	2015-04-27 16:07:43.000000000 +0200
++++ rpcbind-0.2.3/man/rpcbind.8	2015-09-22 16:25:40.000000000 +0200
+@@ -132,11 +132,20 @@
+ .It Fl w
+ Cause
+ .Nm
+-to do a "warm start" by read a state file when
++to do a "warm start" by attempting to read *.xdr state files from the
++state directory
++.%T /var/state/rpcbind
++when
+ .Nm
+-starts up. The state file is created when
++starts up. The state files are created when
+ .Nm
+ terminates.
++.Pp
++This allows for restarting
++.Nm
++without the need to restart all RPC services that have previously registered.
++The state file serves similar purpose like the file created/restored by
++pmap_dump and pmap_set utilities, distributed with old portmap server package.
+ .El
+ .Sh NOTES
+ All RPC servers must be restarted if
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/doinst.sh b/source/n/rpcbind/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f7dfaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/doinst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="`dirname $NEW`/`basename $NEW .new`"
+  # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+  if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+    mv $NEW $OLD
+  elif [ "`cat $OLD | md5sum`" = "`cat $NEW | md5sum`" ]; then # toss the redundant copy
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+  # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+}
+
+preserve_perms() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  if [ -e $OLD ]; then
+    cp -a $OLD ${NEW}.incoming
+    cat $NEW > ${NEW}.incoming
+    mv ${NEW}.incoming $NEW
+  fi
+  config $NEW
+}
+
+preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.rpc.new
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/rc.rpc b/source/n/rpcbind/rc.rpc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c850c556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/rc.rpc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# rc.rpc:  start/stop/restart RPC daemons needed to use NFS.
+#
+# You must run these daemons in order to mount NFS partitions
+# (unless you use the mount option '-o nolock', which can
+# corrupt files and is not generally recommended unless you
+# are mounting the partition(s) as read-only).
+#
+# To run an NFS server, starting these is mandatory.
+#
+
+rpc_start() {
+  if [ -x /sbin/rpcbind -a -x /sbin/rpc.statd ]; then
+    if ! ps axc | grep -q rpcbind ; then
+      echo "Starting RPC portmapper:  /sbin/rpcbind -l $1"
+      /sbin/rpcbind -l $1
+    fi
+    if ! ps axc | grep -q rpc.statd ; then
+      echo "Starting RPC NSM (Network Status Monitor):  /sbin/rpc.statd"
+      /sbin/rpc.statd
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "WARNING:  Cannot start RPC daemons needed for NFS.  One or more of"
+    echo "          these required daemons is not executable or is not present"
+    echo "          on your system:"
+    echo
+    echo "          /sbin/rpcbind or /sbin/rpc.statd"
+    echo
+  fi
+}
+
+rpc_stop() {
+  killall rpc.statd 2> /dev/null
+  sleep 1
+  killall rpcbind 2> /dev/null
+  sleep 1
+  killall -9 rpc.statd 2> /dev/null # make sure :)
+  sleep 1
+  killall -9 rpcbind 2> /dev/null # make sure :)
+  sleep 1
+}
+
+rpc_restart() {
+  rpc_stop
+  rpc_start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+'start')
+  # Warm restart by default (see "man rpcbind" for details about the -w option)
+  rpc_start -w
+  ;;
+'cold_start') # Start without -w option
+  rpc_start
+  ;;
+'stop')
+  rpc_stop
+  ;;
+'restart')
+  rpc_restart
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart"
+esac
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.SlackBuild b/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.SlackBuild
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d10f5852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.SlackBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright 2015  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+#  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+#  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
+#  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+#  PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+#  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+#  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+#  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+#  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+PKGNAM=rpcbind
+VERSION=${VERSION:-$(echo $PKGNAM-*.tar.?z* | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+
+# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
+    arm*) readelf /usr/bin/file -A | egrep -q "Tag_CPU.*[4,5]" && ARCH=arm || ARCH=armv7hl ;;
+    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
+    *) ARCH=$(uname -m) ;;
+  esac
+  export ARCH
+fi
+
+NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:-" -j7 "}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "s390" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "armv7hl" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O3 -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PKGNAM
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG
+
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PKGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PKGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z* || exit 1
+cd $PKGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
+
+zcat $CWD/0001-security.c-removed-warning.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+zcat $CWD/0002-Fix-memory-corruption-in-PMAP_CALLIT-code.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+zcat $CWD/0003-handle_reply-Don-t-use-the-xp_auth-pointer-directly.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+zcat $CWD/0004-Delete-the-unix-socket-only-if-we-have-created-it.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+zcat $CWD/01.rpcbind-manpage-statefile-explanation.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+zcat $CWD/rpcbind.lwrap.needs.lnsl.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
+
+# This is needed after the patch above:
+autoreconf -vif || exit 1
+
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+# Configure:
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --bindir=/sbin \
+  --libdir=/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --enable-libwrap \
+  --enable-warmstarts \
+  --with-statedir=/var/state/rpcbind \
+  --with-rpcuser=bin \
+  --with-nss-modules="files" \
+  --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux || exit 1
+
+# Build and install:
+make $NUMJOBS || make || exit 1
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
+
+# Make state directory:
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/state/rpcbind
+chown bin:root $PKG/var/state/rpcbind
+
+# Install init script:
+mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
+zcat $CWD/rc.rpc.gz > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.rpc.new
+
+# Strip binaries:
+( cd $PKG
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+)
+
+# Add a documentation directory:
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/${PKGNAM}-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  AUTHORS COPYING* NEWS README* \
+  $PKG/usr/doc/${PKGNAM}-$VERSION
+
+# Compress manual pages:
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do
+  ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz
+  rm $i
+done
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+zcat $CWD/doinst.sh.gz > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $TMP/$PKGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz
+
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.lwrap.needs.lnsl.diff b/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.lwrap.needs.lnsl.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f2bdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/rpcbind.lwrap.needs.lnsl.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- ./configure.ac.orig	2015-04-27 09:07:43.000000000 -0500
++++ ./configure.ac	2015-12-14 13:34:54.592931654 -0600
+@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
+   fi
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])
+ 
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(yp_get_default_domain, nsl)
++AC_MSG_CHECKING([for hosts_access in -lwrap])
++saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
++LIBS="$saved_LIBS -lwrap"
++
+ AS_IF([test x$enable_libwrap = xyes], [
+ 	AC_CHECK_LIB([wrap], [hosts_access], ,
+ 		AC_MSG_ERROR([libwrap support requested but unable to find libwrap]))
diff --git a/source/n/rpcbind/slack-desc b/source/n/rpcbind/slack-desc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70adeb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/n/rpcbind/slack-desc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+       |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+rpcbind: rpcbind (a daemon to manage RPC connections)
+rpcbind:
+rpcbind: This is a network daemon used to manage connections to RPC services.
+rpcbind: It is meant as a replacement for the 'rpc.portmap' server from the
+rpcbind: 'portmap' package.  Daemons that offer RPC services (such as the
+rpcbind: daemons for NFS) tell the rpcbind on what port they listen.
+rpcbind: RPC network port numbers may change each time the system is booted.
+rpcbind:
+rpcbind: This package is required to use NFS or other RPC services.
+rpcbind:
+rpcbind: Homepage:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpcbind/