Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:06:25 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: yanegomi@gmail.com Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, simon@nitro.dk, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dougb@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r224674 - head/etc Message-ID: <20110808.160625.465966131558285623.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wQ6vcgvRn2F_VaLmSausUdaaasCmvboJVx4OXaAG_gyvg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGH67wQ1NNrT8becXq5oFgXf7QP6ZUmqLEiaBqdO-afJBx4K2w@mail.gmail.com> <4E3F6216.5080706@FreeBSD.org> <CAGH67wQ6vcgvRn2F_VaLmSausUdaaasCmvboJVx4OXaAG_gyvg@mail.gmail.com>
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----Security_Multipart(Mon_Aug__8_16_06_25_2011_870)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote in <CAGH67wQ6vcgvRn2F_VaLmSausUdaaasCmvboJVx4OXaAG_gyvg@mail.gmail.co= m>: ya> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wro= te: ya> > On 8/7/2011 6:05 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: ya> >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@nitro= .dk> wrote: ya> >>> ya> >>> On 6 Aug 2011, at 11:16, Doug Barton wrote: ya> >>> ya> >>>> Author: dougb ya> >>>> Date: Sat Aug =A06 09:16:53 2011 ya> >>>> New Revision: 224674 ya> >>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224674 ya> >>>> ya> >>>> Log: ya> >>>> =A0Rather than edit the nsswitch.conf file based on ${MK_NIS} = =3D=3D "no" ya> >>>> =A0comment out the NIS _compat options by default, but leave t= hem in ya> >>>> =A0the file for the convenience of users who want to enable it= .= ya> >>>> ya> >>>> =A0Update the comment in the file accordingly. ya> >>> ya> >>> This disables NIS by default which is rather surprising conside= ring there has been no prior (which I have been able to find) discussio= n of this. ya> >>> ya> >>> 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. ya> >>> ya> >>> 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. ya> > ya> > mergemaster has been in the tree for almost 12 years now. :) =A0I= n any ya> > case, I can't think of a situation where blindly copying new file= s to ya> > /etc is a good idea (with all due respect). ya> > ya> >> non-POLA changes are bad, and this _definitely_ deserves an UPDA= TING ya> >> entry and/or further discussion. ya> > ya> > I'm happy to ask for permission to do the UPDATING entry, do you = have ya> > suggestions for the text? ya> = ya> Maybe this? ya> -Garrett Could you all please discuss this topic on -current? I was not fully aware of the impact and possible controversy when I approved this change (sorry), but simon@'s comment implies an objection against the change as well as a suggestion to discuss it for a consensus. I think it is better to discuss this on a (more) public mailing list before taking further actions. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Aug__8_16_06_25_2011_870)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk4/ivEACgkQTyzT2CeTzy13ZwCgw5dA38Uo6BVJYMMquYr5X/sU ef4An3npKtoj5pxNfv62znqvLjAqtAct =hWYW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Aug__8_16_06_25_2011_870)----
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