Bug#651356: base-files: Please switch to using libnss_files in default nsswitch.conf

2012-03-03 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
reopen 651356 retitle 651356 base-files: Please reintroduce libnss_compat in default nsswitch.conf thanks I'm reopening and retitling, to have the history and the discussion on this topic gathered in one location. I noticed this change in the new base-files, and believe it is a very bad idea to

Bug#651356: base-files: Please switch to using libnss_files in default nsswitch.conf

2011-12-07 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: base-files Version: 6.5 Severity: normal Tags: patch Please consider switching to "files" in place of "compat" in the default nsswitch.conf (patch attached). "compat" is for compatibility with libc5, which we switched away from well over a decade ago. The compatibility it provides inclu