* Petr Vorel: > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index a660fc59a8..cfaf50c816 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ Major new features: > > Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: > > +* Remove configure option --enable-obsolete-nsl. libnsl is only built as > shared > + library for backward compatibility and the NSS modules libnss_compat, > + libnss_nis and libnss_nisplus are not built at all, libnsl's headers aren't > + installed. This compatibility is kept only for architectures and ABIs that > + have been added in or before version 2.28. Replacement implementations > based > + on TI-RPC, which additionally support IPv6, are available from > + <https://github.com/thkukuk/>. > +
Please add two spaces after sentence-ending periods. And wrap the lines a bit earlier (column 72 or so). > diff --git a/grp/initgroups.c b/grp/initgroups.c > index f4c4e986e9..0c17141117 100644 > --- a/grp/initgroups.c > +++ b/grp/initgroups.c > @@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ > #include "../nscd/nscd-client.h" > #include "../nscd/nscd_proto.h" > > -#ifdef LINK_OBSOLETE_NSL > -# define DEFAULT_CONFIG "compat [NOTFOUND=return] files" > -#else > -# define DEFAULT_CONFIG "files" > -#endif > - That looks a bit like a pre-existing bug—we do have nss_compat even without libnsl. But the change itself looks okay. > diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi > index 821469a78a..7cb307246a 100644 > --- a/manual/nss.texi > +++ b/manual/nss.texi > @@ -328,17 +328,11 @@ For the @code{hosts} and @code{networks} databases the > default value is > the DNS service not to be available but if it is available the answer it > returns is definitive. > > -The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases are > +The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases was > traditionally handled in a special way. The appropriate files in the > -@file{/etc} directory are read but if an entry with a name starting > -with a @code{+} character is found NIS is used. This kind of lookup > -remains possible if @theglibc{} was configured with the > -@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option and the special lookup service > -@code{compat} is used. If @theglibc{} was configured with the > -@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option the default value for the three > -databases above is @code{compat [NOTFOUND=return] files}. If the > -@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option was not used the default value > -for the services is @code{files}. > +@file{/etc} directory were read but if an entry with a name starting > +with a @code{+} character was found NIS was used. This kind of lookup > +was removed and now the default value for the services is @code{files}. I wonder if it makes sense to reference nss_compat here? Thanks, Florian