Package: libnss-db
Version: 2.2.3pre1-2
Severity: wishlist

Quoting package description:

 nss_db is a set of C library extensions which allow Berkeley Databases
 to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts,
 networks, protocol, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords
 (instead of or in addition to using flat files or NIS).


But README says:

  Currently the module support the `aliases', `ethers', `group', `netgroup',
  `protocols', `passwd', `rpc', `services' and `shadow' databases.


And indeed, the code contains no support for `hosts` databases.
Why is it so? Is there something special about /etc/hosts file, that
prevents this type of nss database from being implemented in this
package?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-rc3-hrt2
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libnss-db depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.6.1-1+b1  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdb4.3                     4.3.29-8    Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries [
ii  libselinux1                  2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries
ii  make                         3.81-3      The GNU version of the "make" util

libnss-db recommends no packages.

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