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authorJoey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-06-01 09:16:10 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-06-01 09:16:10 -0400
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Use getent utility instead of perl. (Elan Ruusamäe)
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@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ https://github.com/joeyh/etckeeper/pull/27
url for git am:
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/joeyh/etckeeper/pull/27.patch
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+> I had to guess at the motivation for this patch, which is never the best
+> position for a patch to leave its receiver in.
+>
+> I guess that getent is a little faster than running perl to do the same
+> thing. And, getent seems to always be available, at least on debian.
+>
+> So, applied, with some doubt. [[done]] --[[Joey]]