From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 16:14:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 957D216A4D0; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:14:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gw.celabo.org (gw.celabo.org [208.42.49.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE3543D1F; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:14:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nectar@celabo.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw.celabo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FADD5486E; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:14:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gw.celabo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hellblazer.celabo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 33237-07; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:13:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from madman.celabo.org (madman.celabo.org [10.0.1.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "madman.celabo.org", Issuer "celabo.org CA" (not verified)) by gw.celabo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB7C54846; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:13:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: by madman.celabo.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 869EC6D466; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:13:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:13:37 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" To: Matthias Andree Message-ID: <20041008161337.GA79893@madman.celabo.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , Matthias Andree , re@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org References: <200410080741.i987f4aq028615@pooker.samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Url: http://www.celabo.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: re@FreeBSD.org cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:14:03 -0000 On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 10:23:48AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > Scott Long writes: > > > This is an automated weekly mailing of the FreeBSD 5.3 open issues list. > > The live version of this list is available at: > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.3R/todo.html > > > > Automated mailing of this list will continue through the release of > > FreeBSD 5.3 > > > > > > FreeBSD 5.3 Open Issues > > > > Open Issues > > > > This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for FreeBSD 5.3. If > > you have any updates for this list, please e-mail re@FreeBSD.org. > > > > Show stopper defects for 5.3-RELEASE > > Please add http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/46866 to the > list of showstopper bugs. This passwd inconsistence "user there this > minute, gone the next minute" without touching the user data base has > been bouncing mail and wreaking havoc for much too long already. > > All that is needed is that interfaces that cannot communicate a > temporary failure and do not fail when used without NIS (such as > getpw*()) retry forever until they can offer a permanent result. Though your PR may have merit, this is not a "showstopper bug" for 5.3. FreeBSD has this behavior since the dawn of time, as does Linux (IIRC). Cheers, -- Jacques A Vidrine / NTT/Verio nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org