On 09/ 5/10 01:25 AM, Shawn Walker wrote:
Although a better question is why the nis network service depends on
make (seems odd).
For as long as I can remember, yp(nis) has used a Makefile for map
generation and push. On Solaris, you can look in /var/yp/Makefile. I
don't know the original reason for choosing to use a Makefile, but I can
guess that it was both extensible and familiar to administrators (and
developers) managing systems at the time yp came about. I know that it
made it easier for me to add new maps and change things on a network I
managed a couple of decades ago.
-Norm
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