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  • From: Elisamuel Resto <ryuji AT mages.ath.cx>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] /etc/hosts being ignored?
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:34:10 -0400

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:01:42 -0700, Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:03:47 +0200
> Thomas Orgis <thomas-forum AT orgis.org> wrote:
>
> > Am Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:55:47 -0500
> > schrieb Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net>:
> >
> > >
> > > After your reply, I checked on my other machines and found that
> > > they do have the nsswitch.conf file. I guess I read my ls output
> > > too quickly :)
> >
> > Well, it seems to come from the ISO, not from a spell... perhaps we
> > should change that. It's a basic file that should exist.
> >
> >
> > Thomas.
>
> What would provide nsswitch.conf? It's mostly a lookup file. Perhaps
> basesystem should become more than just a meta spell, or do we want to
> setup specific spells for some of these "generic" files?
>
> -sandalle

To me, basesystem should provide base files needed for the system that
are not provided by any other spell.

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Elisamuel Resto <ryuji AT mages.ath.cx>
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