rockylinux9 - /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnsl

[chargr]

when building on rockylinux9 with a light set of dev packages (gcc/glibc-devel)

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnsl

libnsl was removed from standard glibc libraries.

does LSF still require libnsl on a more modern OS like rockylinux 9?

if so, should libnsl2 be used, or should builds be limited to older distro/glibc and the compat nsl libraries used on rocky9

[chargr]

looking forward to centos stream10 - looks like libnsl2 is dropped - but the compat libnsl is maintained

avoiding libnsl2 is probably the way to go.

[TheWitness]

Good to hear. Hopefully other aspects of that library are maintained. XDR is still in heavy use throughout the industry including LSF, which depends on it.