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@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ authentication information.
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provided by glibc's libresolv is provided internal to uClibc. Other functions
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are not at all implemented.
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-8) uClibc does not provide libnsl.so.1, and has no support for Network
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-Information Service (NIS). We therefore, also do not provide any of the
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-headers files provided by glibc under /usr/include/rpcsvc.
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+8) libnsl provides support for Network Information Service (NIS) which was
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+originally called "Yellow Pages" or "YP"), which is an extension of RPC
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+invented by Sun to share Unix password files over the network. I personally
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+think NIS is an evil abomination, and should be avoided. These days, using
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+ldap is much more effective mechanism for doing the same thing. uClibc does
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+not provide libnsl.so.1, and has no support for Network Information Service
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+(NIS). We therefore, also do not provide any of the headers files provided by
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+glibc under /usr/include/rpcsvc. I am open to implementing ldap based
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+password authentication, but I do not personally intend to implement it (since
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+I have no use for it).
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9) uClibc's locale support is not 100% complete yet. We are working on it.
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Eric Andersen