bin/96840: [libc] [patch] getgrent() does not return large groups via NIS

[Kirk Webb]

The following reply was made to PR bin/96840; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kirk Webb <kwebb at flux.utah.edu>
To: Tim Leamy <tcleamy at ucdavis.edu>
Cc: "bug-followup at FreeBSD.org" <bug-followup at freebsd.org>, "kwebb at flux.utah.edu" <kwebb at flux.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: bin/96840: [libc] [patch] getgrent() does not return large groups
 via NIS
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:35:15 -0700

 Oops... Looks like the fix didn't get pulled upstream!  We're moving
 to 9.x soon, so I appreciate the heads up.
 
 -Kirk
 
 
 On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Tim Leamy <tcleamy at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
 > I just ran across this bug in FreeBSD 9.2 amd64.  The odd thing is that I'm
 > migrating from 8.3 i386 and those systems don't have the issue with the same
 > NIS maps.  So it worked for me on FreeBSD 8.2 i386 & 8.3 i386, but not 9.2
 > amd64.  Go figure.
 >
 >
 >
 > I figured I should email in to push to get this patch added into the
 > releases.  The patch work for me although the line numbers were off by ~120.
 > I guess a bit of code has been added since FreeBSD 6.
 >
 >
 >
 > Tim Leamy
 >
 > UC Davis