Drew Parsons skrev: > Ove Kaaven wrote: >> No, libnss-mdns does not enhance Wine functionality in any way >> whatsoever. It has just caused problems for Wine, as it will for >> anything else running in 32-bit mode. The functionality that libnss-mdns >> provides to a Linux system may be useful for some people, but I suspect >> for a lot of people it'd be completely superfluous and just take up >> resources. I don't think it's reasonable to depend on it. > > When you say libnss-mdns is not useful, do you mean lib32nss-mdns is not > useful either? Ability to connect to the internet is certainly > useful! > > Could you expand on what you mean when you say it's not useful?
libnss-mdns changes system config files (/etc/nsswitch.conf) in such a way that DNS resolution breaks for 32-bit apps if you do not also install lib32nss-mdns. (See #430845) Breaking systems (and Internet connectivity) is certainly not useful in my book. Anyway, the "real" purpose of libnss-mdns is to enable multicast DNS, i.e., allow computers (and printers etc) in a LAN to find each other by name without the assistance of a local DNS server. Like I said, many people won't need this functionality, and can safely remove libnss-mdns. > As for the Depends: question, a Suggests: dependency (if not > Recommends:) might help libnss-mdns/lib32nss-mdns get connected to a > wine installation. This shouldn't be necessary, since Wine does not have and should not have any relationship with libnss-mdns at all. The problem is in libnss-mdns, not Wine. #430845 has been outstanding on libnss-mdns for a while, perhaps you could convince them to fix it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
