From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 01:05:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73CED1065677; Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55018FC1A; Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh11 with SMTP id 11so1397461vxh.13 for ; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:05:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f4UlpoLIlmY26yoi0Vmzds5+M98rYj514dQA/Ke6Jww=; b=oMWvr6hTwlWkfaNe6VlLYzaEeBItNm5mx0IVM4gd4PCuLveqyS56Hq8J1RPKEliVh5 0kLvxA5O3ibS0rIU8cufRuKZehJA12QLDITic84ZYHmXtHjigdBvKBL248+LP6WZ0gpW /BGzkzi+eaF/fnFodvKYukfMA8kiyj0hEsfDQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.115.6 with SMTP id g6mr1545433vcq.89.1312765512449; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.172.18 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 18:05:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9DDF0DAB-9056-45CD-8CE9-81B621A35B13@nitro.dk> References: <201108060916.p769Gr4A043462@svn.freebsd.org> <9DDF0DAB-9056-45CD-8CE9-81B621A35B13@nitro.dk> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 18:05:12 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r224674 - head/etc X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:05:14 -0000 On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote: > > On 6 Aug 2011, at 11:16, Doug Barton wrote: > >> Author: dougb >> Date: Sat Aug =A06 09:16:53 2011 >> New Revision: 224674 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224674 >> >> Log: >> =A0Rather than edit the nsswitch.conf file based on ${MK_NIS} =3D=3D "no= " >> =A0comment out the NIS _compat options by default, but leave them in >> =A0the file for the convenience of users who want to enable it. >> >> =A0Update 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 yo= u 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 do= n't since life's to short for that, so this change just broke login on one = of the FreeBSD.org during an upgrade. non-POLA changes are bad, and this _definitely_ deserves an UPDATING entry and/or further discussion. Thanks, -Garrett