glibc: drop libnss-nis and libnss-nisplus from libc6 Recommends?
Bug #2045241 reported by
Simon Chopin
This bug affects 1 person
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glibc (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Asked by vorlon:
Should libc6 still Recommends: libnss-nis + libnss-nisplus?
Dropping this would let us shed various i386 packages from the package pool on install images, as well as reducing the size of the base system.
tags: | added: foundations-todo |
Changed in glibc (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in glibc (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
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After reading up on NIS and NIS+, I think we should drop our delta on this. The fact we diverged from Debian on this particular point is actually just an accident due to our different release schedules and us having basically stopped merging their changes for several years right after the demotion from Depends to Recommends.
However, we should definitely mention this in the release notes.
Some further reading on NIS support in our stack:
https:/ /lists. debian. org/debian- devel/2022/ 04/msg00216. html /lwn.net/ Articles/ 874174/ /bugs.debian. org/cgi- bin/bugreport. cgi?bug= 975077
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