Remove /etc/host.conf, which was automatically generated from

nsswitch.conf for backward compatibility.  This file was used
over 19 years ago, before introducing nsdispatch() in the
name-service lookup APIs.

MFC after:	3 days

ObsoleteFiles.inc

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #   xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
 # done
 
+# 20200318: host.conf was deprecated a long time ago.
+OLD_FILES+=etc/host.conf
+OLD_FILES+=etc/rc.d/nsswitch
+
 # 20200310: new clang import which bumps version from 9.0.1 to 10.0.0.
 OLD_FILES+=usr/lib/clang/9.0.1/include/cuda_wrappers/algorithm
 OLD_FILES+=usr/lib/clang/9.0.1/include/cuda_wrappers/complex

libexec/rc/rc.d/Makefile

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ CONFS=	DAEMON \
 	nfsuserd \
 	nisdomain \
 	${_nscd} \
-	nsswitch \
 	ntpdate \
 	${_opensm} \
 	os-release \

libexec/rc/rc.d/nsswitch

@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (c) 1993 - 2004 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-# are met:
-# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-#
-# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
-# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
-# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
-# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
-# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-# SUCH DAMAGE.
-#
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-
-# PROVIDE: nsswitch
-# REQUIRE: root
-# BEFORE:  NETWORK
-
-. /etc/rc.subr
-
-name="nsswitch"
-desc="Name-service switch"
-start_cmd="nsswitch_start"
-stop_cmd=":"
-
-generate_host_conf()
-{
-    local _cont _sources
-
-    nsswitch_conf=$1; shift;
-    host_conf=$1; shift;
-
-    _cont=0
-    _sources=""
-    while read line; do
-	line=${line##[ 	]}
-	case $line in
-	hosts:*)
-		;;
-	*)
-		if [ $_cont -ne 1 ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-	if [ "${line%\\}" = "${line}\\" ]; then
-		_cont=1
-	fi
-	line=${line#hosts:}
-	line=${line%\\}
-	line=${line%%#*}
-	_sources="${_sources}${_sources:+ }$line"
-    done < $nsswitch_conf
-
-    echo "# Auto-generated from nsswitch.conf" > $host_conf
-    for _s in ${_sources}; do
-	case $_s in
-	files)
-		echo "hosts" >> $host_conf
-		;;
-	dns)
-		echo "dns" >> $host_conf
-		;;
-	nis)
-		echo "nis" >> $host_conf
-		;;
-	cache | *=*)
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo "Warning: unrecognized source [$_s]" >&2
-		;;
-	esac
-    done
-}
-
-nsswitch_start()
-{
-	# Generate host.conf for compatibility
-	#
-	if [ ! -f "/etc/host.conf" -o \
-		"/etc/host.conf" -ot "/etc/nsswitch.conf" ]
-	then
-		echo 'Generating host.conf.'
-		generate_host_conf /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/host.conf
-	fi
-
-}
-
-load_rc_config $name
-run_rc_command "$1"