Bug#976238: release-notes: Please mention that NSS NIS/NIS+ support has been moved to separate packages

[Aurelien Jarno]

Package: release-notes
Severity: normal

Starting with glibc 2.31-4, NSS NIS and NIS+ support has been moved to separate
packages called libnss-nis and libnss-nisplus. glibc initially depended
on those packages, but apt is unable to handle the upgrade, so they are
now only recommended.

On systems using NIS or NIS+, it is therefore recommended to check that
those packages are correctly installed after the upgrade.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.7.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

[Thomas Lange]

I've already had this problem with this missing library on a new
installation of bullseye. It took me quite some time to find the cause
of the problem, even though I'm a DD and have more than 20 years of
sysadmin experience.

The error messages also did not helped me, because it only said
unknown user.

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

Hi,

Thomas: Thanks for adding this information, it does sound serious enough. A
draft text or patch for
https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/blob/master/en/issues.dbk
under "Package specific issues" would be needed. (I myself lack the time now.)

HTH,

Joost

[Paul Gevers]

Control: tags -1 pending patch

Post by Aurelien Jarno
Starting with glibc 2.31-4, NSS NIS and NIS+ support has been moved to separate
packages called libnss-nis and libnss-nisplus. glibc initially depended
on those packages, but apt is unable to handle the upgrade, so they are
now only recommended.
On systems using NIS or NIS+, it is therefore recommended to check that
those packages are correctly installed after the upgrade.

I have the attached local patch ready to push.

Paul

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Paul Gevers
tags -1 pending patch

Bug #976238 [release-notes] release-notes: Please mention that NSS NIS/NIS+ support has been moved to separate packages
Added tag(s) pending and patch.

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