Index: nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c
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RCS file: /cvs/glibc/libc/nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c,v
--- nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c	14 Aug 2004 04:20:34 -0000	1.12
+++ nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c	7 Aug 2005 04:15:29 -0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ _nss_nis_setnetgrent (const char *group,
 	 which is one byte larger than the value in LEN specifies
 	 and the last byte is filled with NUL.  So we can simply
 	 use that buffer.  */
-      assert (len > 0);
+      assert (len >= 0);
       assert (malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1);
       assert (netgrp->data[len] == '\0');