Re: Bug #23053
Jim <jim@laney.edu> writes:
> I know that the shadow passwd suite can be compiled to allow the use
> of db files instead of text files. Upon presenting this idea on IRC,
> one of you (James Troup, I believe) said: nononononononono... if you
> do that, you can't edit them by hand.
Either you or I are talking at cross wires. I said that in response
to your proposal to use gdbm for dpkg's database. And I said
"nononon" because a) gdbm is obsolete and deprecated, and b) I don't
agree with the idea of going to a non-ASCII database for dpkg.
I have zero opinion on using db files for passwd purposes, and
wouldn't have commented on it, if I had read it as that.
--
James
~Yawn And Walk North~
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