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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2001 07:44:06 +1000
From:      "Chris Knight" <chris@aims.com.au>
To:        <nectar@nectar.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: nsswitch progress
Message-ID:  <067601c0e888$7d347500$020aa8c0@aims.private>
In-Reply-To: <20010529163131.C461@shade.nectar.com>

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Howdy,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacques A. Vidrine [mailto:n@nectar.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2001 7:32
> To: Chris Knight
> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: nsswitch progress
>
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 06:54:10AM +1000, Chris Knight wrote:
> > If someone with commit privs is interested, I have a set of patches
> > based on the 4.1-STABLE patches that apply cleanly to 4.3. This
> > should be slightly quicker to merge with -STABLE.
>
> Are these  patches equivalent to  the functionality in  -CURRENT (i.e.
> straight port of the NetBSD code: files, NIS, Hesiod only)?
>
> Or  are they  based  on what  is  found  on my  web  page today  (i.e.
> prototype  with   dynamic  linking,  reentrant   interfaces,  nss_ldap
> support)?
>
The patches are based on what's found on your Web page.

> If the former, I  wouldn't mind if they were committed  if the rest of
> the world wants it.
>
> If  the latter,  that should  not be  committed to  -STABLE under  any
> circumstances, and probably not to  -CURRENT either (else I would have
> done it, instead of putting it off until I could complete the work).
>
Understood. I didn't realise that the code already committed to -CURRENT
differs from that found on your Web page. My mistake. Apologies to everyone
for the misunderstanding.

> Cheers,
> --
> Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net /
> nectar@FreeBSD.org
>

Regards,
Chris Knight
Systems Administrator
AIMS Independent Computer Professionals
Tel: +61 3 6334 6664  Fax: +61 3 6331 7032  Mob: +61 419 528 795
Web: http://www.aims.com.au



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