Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Any news about this? It's off because of http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335476 glibc (2.5-5) unstable; urgency=low Since this release, hosts caching in nscd is off by default: for some of the libc calls (gethostby* calls) nscd do

Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Any news about this? Regards Harri -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSIhLHAAoJEAqeKp5m04HLyq4H/1VGsT3WRMqzzjWHPEbxzFND 6wpGdOGY0T8leH2v3NKhs4+wVoE6dwImuMgtYrC84S6neowCKIg/FBnZTMcvd954 2K4nHDONKaCgIW3fBQ

Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

It's too late for wheezy, but I'll do a backports upload after the release. -- This space intentionally left blank.

Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do you think this could be done for Wheezy, or is it already too late? Regards Harri -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlE8M3gACgkQUTlbRTxpHjdGWgCgg0MbHFZ2Imy+tJvPZbfp0m1w sBEAn3DfztLHknbGh3umjfiUIzYWMR9O =

Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

Control: retitle -1 Use saner settings in nscd.conf now On Mon, 04 Mar 2013, Harald Dunkel wrote: > /etc/nscd.conf says > > : > # hosts caching is broken with gethostby* calls, hence is now disabled > # per default. See /usr/share/doc/nscd/NEWS.Debian. > enable-cachehosts

Bug#702211: please document why host caching is off by default

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: unscd Version: 0.48-2 /etc/nscd.conf says : # hosts caching is broken with gethostby* calls, hence is now disabled # per default. See /usr/share/doc/nscd/NEWS.Debian. enable-cachehosts no : There is no "nscd"