nsswitch.conf.5: Current glibc reloads this configuration file
PATCH 1/1 nsswitch.conf.5: Current glibc reloads this configuration file
The implementation happened across multiple glibc commits, but the work was completed for glibc 2.33.
--- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +7 -5
@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ for respective databases: .PD .RE .SH NOTES -Within each process that uses -.BR nsswitch.conf , -the entire file is read only once. -If the file is later changed, the -process will continue using the old configuration. +Starting with glibc 2.33, +.\" https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12459 +.B nsswitch.conf +is automatically reloaded if the file is changed. In earlier +versions, the entire file was read only once within each process, and +if the file was later changed, the process would continue using the +old configuration. .PP Traditionally, there was only a single source for service information, often in the form of a single configuration
base-commit: b106cd5bf43fe806100bb5266b78f92bac90b6e0
Hi Florian!
Quoted 4 lines · Florian Weimer
The implementation happened across multiple glibc commits, but the work was completed for glibc 2.33.
Signed-off-by Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
Thanks for the patch!
May I ask that you CC me in patches? I sometimes miss patches sent only to the list. (If there are any other patches from you that I ignored, please ping).
See a minor formatting comment below.
BTW, I remember some month ago having followed the discussion about adding arc4random(3). Did you finally add it? If so, would any of you (glibc programmers) mind sending a manual page?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Alex
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--- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +0
-2@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ for respective databases: .PD .RE .SH NOTES -Within each process that uses -.BR nsswitch.conf ,
man5/nsswitch.conf.5 for respective databases: · line 411
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man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +7
-3-the entire file is read only once. -If the file is later changed, the -process will continue using the old configuration. +Starting with glibc 2.33, +.\" https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12459 +.B nsswitch.conf +is automatically reloaded if the file is changed. In earlier +versions, the entire file was read only once within each process, and +if the file was later changed, the process would continue using the +old configuration.
Would you please reformat to use semantic line breaks?
man-pages(7):
Use semantic newlines
In the source of a manual page, new sentences should be started on new lines, long sentences should be split into lines at clause breaks (commas, semicolons, colons, and so on), and long clauses should be split at phrase bound‐
aries. This convention, sometimes known as "semantic
newlines", makes it easier to see the effect of patches, which often operate at the level of individual sentences, clauses, or phrases.
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man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +0
-0.PP Traditionally, there was only a single source for service information, often in the form of a single configurationbase-commit:
b106cd5bf43fe806100bb5266b78f92bac90b6e0
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* Alejandro Colomar:
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Hi Florian!
Quoted 3 lines · Florian Weimer
The implementation happened across multiple glibc commits, but the work was completed for glibc 2.33.
Signed-off-by Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
Quoted 5 lines
Thanks for the patch!
May I ask that you CC me in patches? I sometimes miss patches sent only to the list. (If there are any other patches from you that I ignored, please ping).
I'll try to remember that.
Quoted 5 lines
See a minor formatting comment below.
BTW, I remember some month ago having followed the discussion about adding arc4random(3). Did you finally add it? If so, would any of you (glibc programmers) mind sending a manual page?
It's in glibc 2.36. I don't have a manual page yet.
Thanks,
Florian