[Nix-dev] Re: Nixos: nssModules & nssModulesPath ?

[Nicolas Pierron]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 16:48, Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org> wrote:
> "Nicolas Pierron"
> <nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Unfortunately, I don't have any idea what I should do with
>> nssModulesPath which is an argument of upstart-jobs/default.nix.  I
>> suggest to put it as an "internal" option in options.nix (or an other
>> file) instead of system.nix.  I don't have any idea of the purpose of
>> this variable.
>
> `nssModulesPath' contains a search path for NSS modules.  "NSS" means
> "Name Service Switch" (info "(libc) Name Service Switch"): it's a
> mechanism that allows several DNS resolution methods to be specified,
> via `/etc/nsswitch.conf'.

Ok, so I guess there is no major issue against moving it to
option.nix. I will have a look at what Marc has pointed out before
doing this in NixOs.

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Nicolas Pierron
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