Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 16:28:37 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unreasonable rebuild time on large password files Message-ID: <199704040028.QAA29988@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19970403082103.GT06676@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Apr 3, 97 08:21:03 am
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J Wunsch wrote: > > As Brian Tao wrote: > > > Ah, geez, that's right... I even remember pestering him about it a > > long time ago. :) So the patches have been integrated? I didn't see > > any mention of them in the man pages, so I presumed it was still > > necessary to patch it separately. How do you enable the feature? > > Guido doesn't seem to be very well in writing man pages. :-| The -u > option to pwd_mkdb(8) ain't mentioned at all, although it's being > used _by default_ if only a single user's entry is updated (passwd(1), > or chpass(1), as opposed to vipw(8)). What? Someone added an option to a command and didn't document it? Consider this a first warning from the man page police :-). The next violation may require community service in the form if me banging on your door until you cough up the appropriate diff :-). At least it wasn't the more serious crime of adding a new command without a man page. For that one I may forward your e-mail address to all of the stupid junk e-mail soliciters who seem to have recently found my address :-). -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.org "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn"
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