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From: Lars Bilke <lars.bilke@ufz.de>
To: 74667@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Lars Bilke <lars.bilke@ufz.de>, Ludovic Court**s <ludo@gnu.org>,
	Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#74667] [PATCH v2] doc: Add note on nsncd as a replacement for nscd.
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:51:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <079ad8da9d2b2b319ac04ce33c0488ecf4fcaaf0.1734515506.git.lars.bilke@ufz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15fbddff7e92d9e2acd24842da09dbbab66a566f.1733223713.git.lars.bilke@ufz.de>

* doc/guix.texi Add note on nsncd in Name Service Switch section.

Change-Id: Ib804ab2e7d83d13f8f81d875f957eae2304eb232
---
 doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index ba9b75f370..46deb69230 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1817,6 +1817,13 @@ Application Setup
 files are loaded in the @command{nscd} process, not in applications
 themselves.
 
+Note that @command{nscd} is no longer provided on some GNU/Linux
+distros, such as Arch Linux (as of Dec. 2024).  @command{nsncd} can beu
+sed as a drop-in-replacement.  See
+@uref{https://github.com/twosigma/nsncd, the nsncd repository} and
+@uref{https://flokli.de/posts/2022-11-18-nsncd/, this blog post} for
+more information.
+
 @subsection X11 Fonts
 
 @cindex fonts

base-commit: 207c69e40d3dca947137dbfcd0564e610b17832d
-- 
2.46.1





  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-12-18  9:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-03 11:01 [bug#74667] [PATCH] doc: Add note on nsncd as a replacement for nscd Lars Bilke
2024-12-12 22:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-12-18  9:51 ` Lars Bilke [this message]
2024-12-18 11:10   ` bug#74667: [PATCH v2] " Ludovic Courtès

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