On 05/03/2017 11:06 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > This minor patch clarifies when merging is not done, and how duplicate > entries are merged. > > Found while extending glibc's NSS test suite, discussed with glibc > team and Stephen Gallagher. Thanks, DJ. Applied. Cheers, Michael > diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > index 0405d4f..007c582 100644 > --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > @@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ If the group is also found in the next entry (and the group name and GID > are an exact match), the member list of the second entry will be added > to the group object to be returned. > Available since glibc 2.24. > +Note that merging will not be done for > +.BR getgrent (3) > +nor will duplicate members be pruned when they occur in both entries > +being merged. > .RE > .SS Compatibility mode (compat) > The NSS "compat" service is similar to "files" except that it > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
