[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add back support for NSS-based user/group resolution (PR #4085)

[Panu Matilainen]

@pmatilai commented on this pull request.



> @@ -104,8 +107,11 @@ opposed to just package building) parts:
 	A colon separated list of paths where files should *not* be installed.
 	Usually, these are network filesystem mount points.
 
-*%\_passwd_path* _PATH_
-	Location of passwd(5) files as : separated list
+*%\_passwd_path* _PATHS_
+	A colon separated list of *passwd*(5) file paths for username and UID
+	lookups in package operations. Files are consulted in the given order
+	until a match is found. If unset, *rpm* uses Name Service Switch (NSS)
+	instead.

We should explicitly document the chroot behavior too. I'd add the full explanation to rpm-common(8) but also just a brief blurb here to make it clear that we *don't* use NSS within a chroot.

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