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diff --git a/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt b/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt index e8d5dfa89..89edd6e4f 100644 --- a/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt +++ b/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt @@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ provided by glibc's libresolv is provided internal to uClibc. Other functions are not at all implemented. 8) libnsl provides support for Network Information Service (NIS) which was -originally called "Yellow Pages" or "YP", which is an extension of RPC -invented by Sun to share Unix password files over the network. I personally -think NIS is an evil abomination, and should be avoided. These days, using -ldap is much more effective mechanism for doing the same thing. uClibc does -not provide libnsl.so.1, and has no support for Network Information Service -(NIS). We therefore, also do not provide any of the headers files provided by -glibc under /usr/include/rpcsvc. I am open to implementing ldap based -password authentication, but I do not personally intend to implement it (since -I have no use for it). +originally called "Yellow Pages" or "YP", which is an extension of RPC invented +by Sun to share Unix password files over the network. I personally think NIS +is an evil abomination, and should be avoided. These days, using ldap is much +more effective mechanism for doing the same thing. uClibc provides a stub +libnsl, but and has no actuall support for Network Information Service (NIS). +We therefore, also do not provide any of the headers files provided by glibc +under /usr/include/rpcsvc. I am open to implementing ldap based password +authentication, but I do not personally intend to implement it (since I have no +use for it). 9) uClibc's locale support is not 100% complete yet. We are working on it. |