Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 05:32:52 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Pascal Hofstee <caelian@gmail.com> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: name-service caching Message-ID: <20060501053252.1f240f7e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1146339764.1187.15.camel@synergy.odyssey.homeunix.org> References: <200604281203.k3SC3da7070033@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060428141404.Q40418@fledge.watson.org> <ygeejzh4m6e.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <1146339764.1187.15.camel@synergy.odyssey.homeunix.org>
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:42:44 -0700, Pascal Hofstee <caelian@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 02:58 +0900, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > > Okay, you can set it up quite easy: > > > > 1) Make sure you have /etc/cached.conf installed. > > 2) Put cached_enable="YES" into your /etc/rc.conf. > > 3) Start cached(8) by `/etc/rc.d/cached start'. > > 4) Put `cache' keyword to the database entries which you want to > > cache the result in /etc/nsswitch.conf. For example: > > > > hosts: cache files dns > > > > Please refer cached(8) and cached.conf(5) manpages for detail. > > Ok .. i am wondering if it's just me doing something stupid or if > things really are broken in some way. I followed the instructions as > provided above, using the default cached.conf. > > With a standard nsswitch.conf (without any cache lines) everything > works as expected. The second i modify the hosts: entry > in /etc/nsswitch.conf as suggested above, a lot of things stop > working. > > - cvs [update aborted]: received broken pipe signal > - portsnap can't fetch its tag information and aborts because of it > - the ports system can't seem to fetch any distfiles > > Those are a few of the immediate issues i encountered. > The second i remove the cache definition from the hosts: entry, normal > system operation is restored again. > > This is experienced on FreeBSD/amd64 7.0-CURRENT updated about an hour > ago since the time of writing. Any suggestions would be highly > appreciated. No, it's not just you. :-) I'm seeing the same thing here, also on an amd64 box. -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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