Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 23:42:33 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r224674 - head/etc Message-ID: <CAGH67wQ6vcgvRn2F_VaLmSausUdaaasCmvboJVx4OXaAG_gyvg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E3F6216.5080706@FreeBSD.org> References: <201108060916.p769Gr4A043462@svn.freebsd.org> <9DDF0DAB-9056-45CD-8CE9-81B621A35B13@nitro.dk> <CAGH67wQ1NNrT8becXq5oFgXf7QP6ZUmqLEiaBqdO-afJBx4K2w@mail.gmail.com> <4E3F6216.5080706@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 8/7/2011 6:05 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@nitro.dk> wrote: >>> >>> On 6 Aug 2011, at 11:16, Doug Barton wrote: >>> >>>> Author: dougb >>>> Date: Sat Aug 6 09:16:53 2011 >>>> New Revision: 224674 >>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224674 >>>> >>>> Log: >>>> Rather than edit the nsswitch.conf file based on ${MK_NIS} == "no" >>>> comment out the NIS _compat options by default, but leave them in >>>> the file for the convenience of users who want to enable it. >>>> >>>> Update the comment in the file accordingly. >>> >>> This disables NIS by default which is rather surprising considering there has been no prior (which I have been able to find) discussion of this. >>> >>> At the _VERY_ least people need to be warned about this loudly. Unless you can show this really helps non-NIS users this is IMO a bad idea. >>> >>> Yes, if you hand merge all /etc files this won't be a problem... but I don't since life's to short for that, so this change just broke login on one of the FreeBSD.org during an upgrade. > > mergemaster has been in the tree for almost 12 years now. :) In any > case, I can't think of a situation where blindly copying new files to > /etc is a good idea (with all due respect). > >> non-POLA changes are bad, and this _definitely_ deserves an UPDATING >> entry and/or further discussion. > > I'm happy to ask for permission to do the UPDATING entry, do you have > suggestions for the text? Maybe this? -Garrett $ svn diff UPDATING Index: UPDATING =================================================================== --- UPDATING (revision 224699) +++ UPDATING (working copy) @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.) +20110807: + Prior versions of nsswitch.conf explicitly enabled NIS lookup of group, + passwd, and services information; it is now disabled by default. + 20110628: The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5. You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.home | help
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