From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 12:37:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9FF16A400; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8424813C455; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out1.internal (unknown [10.202.2.149]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49BF9052E; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:37:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by out1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:37:55 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: BC3bC3qgFwVyez2/0V/vtHTg4LhEa1tdfLJ+fyCQQ1iA 1169469475 Received: from [192.168.123.18] (82-35-112-254.cable.ubr07.dals.blueyonder.co.uk [82.35.112.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7267272BF; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:37:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45B4B021.70402@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:37:53 +0000 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060825) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org References: <200701221145.l0MBjQoA044699@repoman.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200701221145.l0MBjQoA044699@repoman.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 nsswitch.conf.5 src/lib/libc/net nsdispatch.3 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:37:56 -0000 Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Point out that FreeBSD libc has compat stubs for GNU glibc NSS > modules which access NSDB_PASSWD/NSDB_GROUP, but not NSDB_HOSTS; > based on painful experience porting nss_mdns. > FYI: The dns/nss_mdns port makes a start towards wrapping the glibc NSDB_HOSTS stubs, though it doesn't do this in a generic way at the moment, and it is currently development quality code. This code could eventually be forward-ported to src/lib/libc/net/nss_compat.c. I'm working on other things now, so I might not get around to this. Regards, BMS