Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:31:00 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r224674 - head/etc Message-ID: <CAGE5yCqBwfqd6jwXMzLrGqDcAWvvbq8nyXdTKmMFA%2BOx86rnOQ@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> wro= te: >>> >>> 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 the= re 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 on= e of the FreeBSD.org during an upgrade. > > mergemaster has been in the tree for almost 12 years now. :) =A0In any > case, I can't think of a situation where blindly copying new files to > /etc is a good idea (with all due respect). No, if people use mergemaster in this mode: -U Attempt to auto upgrade files that have not been user modi= fied. .. then mergemaster will silently turn off NIS for you. If it is considered bad practice to use -U, then people should be directed away from it. I think this is what killed the freebsd.org machine. --=20 Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell
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