On mer, jan 28, 2009 at 01:30:23 +0000, Don Armstrong wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: don@debian.org > > * Package Name: unscd > * Version : 0.36 > * Upstream : Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> > * URL : http://busybox.net/~vda/unscd/ > * License : GPL-2 > > Description: Micro Name Service Caching Daemon > A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups for running > programs and caches the results for the next query. You only need > this package if you are using slow Name Services like LDAP, NIS or > NIS+. > . > This particular NSCD is a complete rewrite of the GNU glibc nscd > which is a single threaded server process which offloads all NSS > lookups to worker children; cache hits are handled by pthe parent, > and only cache misses start worker children, making the parent immune > to resource leaks, hangs, and crashes in NSS libraries. > . > It should mostly be a drop-in replacement for existing installs using > nscd. For what it's worth, I'm thinking packaging it in place of the current nscd that is a real PoS with too many issues to list. We may decide to just drop nscd in favor of unscd at once, hence it would be easier if maintained from within the glibc team. I was just waiting for lenny to be out first. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org
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