Steve Langasek wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Just noting that 'getent' is GNU libc only and does not exist on other > > systems. It is not portable. > > Then the other systems are broken, because getent is *the* only > reliable way to do NSS queries from a script. Every Debian port needs > to provide a 'getent passwd' implementation, glibc-based or not. I said *other* systems. As in non-Debian systems. In this case other than GNU based systems which are not based upon glibc. In a Debian package post install script 'getent' should be fine. Bob
Attachment:
pgpiaQzcrnecn.pgp
Description: PGP signature