Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:20:23 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Does anyone use nscd? Message-ID: <86sjn84wco.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Does anyone actually use nscd? I ask because when I cleaned up a slew of aliasing bugs a couple of years ago, I believe I may have introduced a bug; I got exactly two complaints, and neither of the complainants could be bothered to try the workaround I suggested and report back. Although the code quality is atrocious, nscd is actually a pretty good idea. I suspect the reason why nobody uses it is that it's off by default and people simply don't know about it. Besides nuking it, which would be a shame, we have a range of options, from "just fixing the bug so those who want to use it can" in one end to "finding someone willing to clean it up and maintain it and enable it by default" in the other. (no, I'm not volunteering to maintain it) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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