From 27a371ff947dba5afa8361669f5b8c648f15f1ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Bilke Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:51:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note on nsncd as a replacement for nscd. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * doc/guix.texi Add note on nsncd in Name Service Switch section. Change-Id: Ib804ab2e7d83d13f8f81d875f957eae2304eb232 Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès --- doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 08ffbc36d7..ca74afa3ce 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1824,6 +1824,14 @@ this binary incompatibility problem because those @code{libnss_*.so} files are loaded in the @command{nscd} process, not in applications themselves. +@cindex nsncd, replacement for nscd +Note that @command{nscd} is no longer provided on some GNU/Linux +distros, such as Arch Linux (as of Dec. 2024). @command{nsncd} can be +used as a drop-in-replacement. See +@uref{https://github.com/twosigma/nsncd, the nsncd repository} and +@uref{https://flokli.de/posts/2022-11-18-nsncd/, this blog post} for +more information. + @subsection X11 Fonts @cindex fonts