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On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Sunday 30 December 2012 13:47:40 Maxim Kammerer wrote: |
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>>> Desktop users would probably benefit more from glibc databases, if they |
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>>> worked: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432020 |
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>>> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14498 |
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>> (1) i doubt it and (2) this isn't a discussion of bugs in nscd |
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> It's relevant to the discussion, because glibc databases are an |
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> alternative to running nscd. As a desktop user, I run nscd even on a |
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> desktop without YP/NIS+, because I don't like the idea of glibc |
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> functions parsing plain text files on each related query. I would use |
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> glibc databases instead of nscd if that was a reliable option. |
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flatfile lookups are 2-4ms with hot cache. How much faster is the db |
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option? The flatfiles are not *that* big. People who have /etc/passwd |
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(or other entity datastores) that are 4 megs in size are already not |
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using flatfiles if they have any sense. This is rare in the 'typical' |
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desktop world though. |
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-A |
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> -- |
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> Maxim Kammerer |
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> Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte |
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