> I think I just answered my own question and I keep wanting to say, "so
> let's move the NIS stuff into libyp" but I keep coming back to the answer
> that NIS is just more firmly entrenched than any other Network Information
> Database, along with BIND.  Unfortunately, BIND by itself has not
> (historically) served any other kinds of necessary information such as
> passwd, group, etc.  Had it done so from the outset, we probably would not
> see the abomination of NIS today.

Well, I think NetBSD needs either Hesiod support, or an integrated YP
server.

-Andrew
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