misc/75048: nsswitch problem : nss_dns.so.1 called in default nsswitch.conf but not present on system

[Gleb Smirnoff]

The following reply was made to PR misc/75048; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at freebsd.org>
To: Rachel Willmer <rachel at hobthross.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/75048: nsswitch problem : nss_dns.so.1 called in default nsswitch.conf but not present on system
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:24:02 +0300

 On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:08:02AM +0000, Rachel Willmer wrote:
 R> >Description:
 R> I am attempting to set up mod_backhand to work with Apache 1. Using the byHostname.c provided with the port, it compiles fine. When I run httpd with the byHostname command in httpd.conf, it crashes with the message :
 R> 
 R> Syntax error on line 116 of /home/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
 R> Shared object "nss_dns.so.1" not found, required by "httpd"
 R> 
 R> nss_dns.so.1 does not exist anywhere on the system. 
 R> 
 R> The nsswitch.conf is the default that is created at boot-time if one did not already exist.
 R> 
 R> Where do I get a copy of this file? What's the implication of just commenting all the lines in nsswitch.conf out?
 
 This is problem with mod_backhand, not with FreeBSD. You should fix it and
 submit a patch to maintainer of port.
 
 Here are examples of patches, that fix this problem in other ports:
 
 	ports/sysutils/gkrellm/files/patch-src::plugins.c
 	ports/net/samba3/files/patch-lib_module.c
 
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