Subject: Re: nsswitch.conf and irs.conf
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/21/2003 11:02:46
>>Yes, so we need to fix those as well.
>>
>>Replacing getaddrinfo(3) et al with the IRS versions will make it
>>harder for us in support dynamic loading of nsswitch back-ends, 
>>and limit us to just using what backends IRS currently implements.
>
>	could you tell me why we can't dynamically-load IRS backends?
>	it looks to me just a matter of updating acc_names[] and accs[] in
>	lib/irs/gen.c, so the same amount as dynamically-loadable nsswitch
>	backend will make dynamically-loadable IRS backend.

	"amount of labor as ..."

itojun