diff -up rpc2-2.10/rpc2-src/lua.c.lua54 rpc2-2.10/rpc2-src/lua.c
--- rpc2-2.10/rpc2-src/lua.c.lua54	2020-08-10 14:14:38.591661000 -0400
+++ rpc2-2.10/rpc2-src/lua.c	2020-08-10 14:15:10.267585346 -0400
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void l2c_totimeval(lua_State *L,
 static int l2c_timeval_init(lua_State *L)
 {
     luaL_newmetatable(L, RPC2_TIMEVAL);
-    luaL_openlib(L, NULL, timeval_m, 0);
+    luaL_newlib(L, timeval_m);
     lua_register(L, "time", timeval_new);
     return 1;
 }