Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration
On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 04:02:36PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 08:41:47AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Gene, /etc/nsswitch.conf is NOT part of any Debian package.
>
> Actually, nsswitch.conf is created by postinst script of libc-bin
> package, to technically nsswitch.conf is a part of libc-bin.
Even if it's created by libc-bin's postinst, it still wouldn't be removed
when libc-bin is (hypothetically) purged, because it's not a registered
conffile of that package.
Of course, one should NOT purge libc-bin.
wooledg:~$ dpkg -s libc-bin
Package: libc-bin
Essential: yes
[...]
Conffiles:
/etc/bindresvport.blacklist 4c09213317e4e3dd3c71d74404e503c5
/etc/default/nss d6d5d6f621fb3ead2548076ce81e309c
/etc/gai.conf 28fa76ff5a9e0566eaa1e11f1ce51f09
/etc/ld.so.conf 4317c6de8564b68d628c21efa96b37e4
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf d4d833fd095fb7b90e1bb4a547f16de6
[...]
Whatever Gene did, it's absolutely not normal or desirable for
nsswitch.conf to vanish. I still think he deleted it by hand and then
forgot the exact sequence of steps which led to its disappearance, so
he simply blamed it on purging ahavi-daemon.
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