Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:02:59 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, lukem@netbsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net nslexer.l nsparser.y Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011107110144.16670C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20011107065625.H10346@shade.nectar.com>
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On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 04:05:26PM -0800, Bill Fenner wrote:
> > fenner 2001/11/06 16:05:26 PST
> >
> > Modified files:
> > lib/libc/net nslexer.l nsparser.y
> > Log:
> > Don't ignore unknown characters. The previous code treated a line like:
> >
> > hosts:!!!!!!!!@@@@@$%^&*()()*$(files{}{}|||++!)(dns
> >
> > exactly the same as:
> >
> > hosts: files dns
> >
> > Recover from parse errors by looking for the end of a line; this
> > allows entries without errors to still be parsed even if there is
> > an erroneous entry earlier in the file.
>
> Please coordinate such changes with <lukem@netbsd.org>. The intent is
> to keep the nsswitch implementation in sync as much as possible,
> particularly the administration part of it (i.e. configuration file
> format).
Would it be possible to add comments to the top of these files in the
FreeBSD tree indicating as much? A quick glance around doesn't turn up an
administrative note indicating this, making this an easy mistake to make.
Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services
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