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Date:      Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:46:50 +0100
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Ulrich Spoerlein <q@galgenberg.net>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Patch for emulators/linux_base-8 (was Re: warning)
Message-ID:  <20051202114650.qg08meypusws0cw8@netchild.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051201213117.GC1083@galgenberg.net>
References:  <17284.32307.784247.207350@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20051124105440.cqdu7ydpc084kgsc@netchild.homeip.net> <20051124125951.GD1054@galgenberg.net> <20051124180627.665225aa@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20051201213117.GC1083@galgenberg.net>

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Ulrich Spoerlein <q@galgenberg.net> wrote:

> Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> > The fix is, to tell /compat/linux/etc/nsswitch.conf to look at NIS too.
>>
>> Besides the fact that I don't use NIS and that UID 0 is in my passwd
>> file: feel free to send a patch which takes /etc/nsswitch.conf and
>> generates an appropriate /compat/linux one.
>
> I don't know enough about nsswitch to take all side effects into
> account, therefore I settled for the cheap solution ...

It's better than the current way.

>> > It's a minor inconvenience, that nsswitch.conf gets clobbered every time
>> > linux_base is reinstalled (and thereby breaking acroread7 for me).
>> Bug noted... but feel free to send a PR and/or patches which fixes this.
>
> I just knew you would answer like that :)

:-)

> Today I felt like fixing this, and this is the patch I came up with. Now

Thanks, looks ok. I try to get time at the WE. If another committer is
listening: feel free to commit it.

> that the second most annoying bug in Ports is fixed, I can take a stab
> at fixing *the* most annoying bug.

Linuxolator related?

Bye,
Alexander.

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