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On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Richard Braakman wrote:
Changes:
base-files (1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
* nsswitch.conf: Use compat instead of db files for passwd, group
and shadow (Bug #10896).
I think this is a bad time to make changes to the default nsswitch.conf
in hamm. Historically the configuration of nsswitch has been quite tricky;
its current contents are the result of much experimentation and bughunting.
I reviewed bug #10896, and it does not list any specific bad effects
of having nsswitch the way it is now.
You have to change it for nis to work. Debian policy is to have good
default values. A good default value is one that has not to be changed.
Therefore, compat is better that db files.
I strongly recommend against this change, unless it can be shown to fix
something that is broken.
compat is the default value used by glibc when you have no nsswitch.conf
file. If using compat is wrong, glibc would be wrong also.
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