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

On Fri, Jul 08, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> [..]
> >>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 ?

Adding the patch should not break anything.

> Or better will be add this with --{en,dis}able-splited-groups
> on autoconf level (by default enabled) ?

I would say that's overkill.

  Thorsten

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