Re: Patch: netgrp can't handle splitted NIS groups

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
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>> So conclution: "this patch is correct in sense NIS specyfication" is
>> correct ?
>
> This is undefined behavior in "sene of NIS specification". But since
> it is a usual workaround for this limitation (between, on pure Linux
> networks this hack is not necessary), the patch is Ok. But it only
> "fixes" one more app, not the generel problem that there is much more
> software in the world which still will not work with this hack.

Q: commit this patch without conditions will not break anything in 
heterogenous OS enviroment ?
Or better will be add this with --{en,dis}able-splited-groups
on autoconf level (by default enabled) ?

kloczek
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