Hi, when upgrading glibc on Gentoo::RAP I get the following: >>> Running pre-merge checks for sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3 make -j8 -s glibc-test make -j8 -s glibc-test * Your /apps/gentoo//etc/nsswitch.conf is out of date. * Please make sure you have 'files' entries for * 'passwd:', 'group:' and 'shadow:' databases. * For more details see: * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/nsswitch.conf_in_glibc-2.26 * ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3::gentoo failed (pretend phase): * nsswitch.conf has no 'files' provider in 'passwd'. * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 115: Called pkg_pretend * glibc-2.26-r3.ebuild, line 203: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "nsswitch.conf has no 'files' provider in '${entry}'." * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/apps/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/apps/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3/temp/die.env'. * Working directory: '/apps/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3/homedir' * S: '/apps/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.26-r3/work/glibc-2.26' I think this is a false alarm provided this is Gentto::RAP install. $ cat /apps/gentoo//etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf: # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/extra/etc/nsswitch.conf,v 1.1 2006/09/29 23:52:23 vapier Exp $ passwd: ldap compat shadow: ldap compat group: ldap compat # passwd: db files nis # shadow: db files nis # group: db files nis hosts: files dns networks: files dns services: db files protocols: db files rpc: db files ethers: db files netmasks: files netgroup: files bootparams: files automount: files aliases: files $ Adding the 'files' entries help to overcome that but I think it is not worth the effort.
The "compat" provider no longer is available in glibc 2.26, you need to replace it with "files" (and possibly "nis", if you use it) on the lines beginning with "passwd:", "shadow:", and "group:" in $EPREFIX/etc/nsswitch.conf. Failure to do so will, as the message suggests, cause your Gentoo::RAP install to be unable to look up usernames at all (as there is no libnss_compat.so.2 in glibc 2.26).
