Re: [patch] nsswitch.conf.5: clarify the "notfound" status

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Mark R Bannister
<mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28/03/2012 19:27, Peter Schiffer wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am suggesting the following update of the  "notfound" status on the
>> nsswitch.conf.5 man page. I am not 100% sure that this is the correct place
>> where this information on the man page should be placed. Any comments are
>> welcome.
>>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I did a rewrite of the nsswitch.conf man page in October last year:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/2366/match=nsswitch+conf
>
> I'm still waiting for Michael to incorporate these changes.  May I suggest
> you send in a patch that is applied against this?  I would also suggest that
> if you're going to make reference to "initgroups" you'll need to add some
> further description somewhere that explains what this is and when you would
> use it.

I'll incorporate Mark's changes soon.

@Peter: you don't need to rebase your patch--I'll do the work needed.
(@Mark: it's a risky path to rebase a patch off another patch that
isn't yet upstreamed; I wouldn't generally advise it.)

Thanks,

Michael

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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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