[Bug 1068036] Re: postfix (precise) has lost the ability to lookup aliases in NIS

[Scott Kitterman]

** Description changed:

+ [IMPACT]
+ 
+  * NIS authentication doesn't work.
+ 
+ [TESTCASE]
+ 
+  * With postfix installed do:
+ 
+ $ postconf -m | grep nis
+ 
+ If that produces no output, you've reproduced the bug.
+ 
+ * Install the updated package and repeat.  This time is should look
+ like:
+ 
+ $ postconf -m | grep nis
+ nis
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * Nil.  It's just re-enabling a build flag for functionality that was
+ previously dropped.
+ 
+ [Original Bug]
+ 
  on a (freshly installed) system with nis authentication, postfix is no longer able to read aliases from the nis table mail.aliases.
  in 10.04 it worked
  
  symptoms are:
  - errors in /var/log/mail.log:
  warning: nis:mail.aliases is unavailable. unsupported dictionary type: nis
  - and mail is not forwarded
  
  Obviously some build switch was changed between 10.04 and 12.04.
  In 10.04:
  $ postconf -m | grep nis
  nis
  
  In 12.04 the output is empty.
  
  But still in 12.04 the postfix.postinst skript looks for nis and creates
  an appropriate mail.cf entry for lookup in nis:mail.aliases
  
- 
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
  Release:	12.04
  
  $ apt-cache policy postfix
  postfix:
-   Installiert: 2.9.3-2~12.04.3
+   Installiert: 2.9.3-2~12.04.3

** Also affects: postfix (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: postfix (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: postfix (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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  postfix (precise) has lost the ability to lookup aliases in NIS

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