Patch #1422385: Changes to nis module to support multiple NIS domains
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex b/Doc/lib/libnis.tex
index 1d52868..cc1482d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libnis.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libnis.tex
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
The \module{nis} module defines the following functions:
-\begin{funcdesc}{match}{key, mapname}
+\begin{funcdesc}{match}{key, mapname[, domain=default_domain]}
Return the match for \var{key} in map \var{mapname}, or raise an
error (\exception{nis.error}) if there is none.
Both should be strings, \var{key} is 8-bit clean.
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another
name.
+
+\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override
+the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the
+default NIS domain]{2.5}
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{cat}{mapname}
+\begin{funcdesc}{cat}{mapname[, domain=default_domain]}
Return a dictionary mapping \var{key} to \var{value} such that
\code{match(\var{key}, \var{mapname})==\var{value}}.
Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are arbitrary
@@ -34,12 +38,23 @@
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another
name.
+
+\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override
+the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the
+default NIS domain]{2.5}
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{maps}{}
+ \begin{funcdesc}{maps}{[domain=default_domain]}
Return a list of all valid maps.
+
+\versionchanged[The \var{domain} argument allows to override
+the NIS domain used for the lookup. If unspecified, lookup is in the
+default NIS domain]{2.5}
\end{funcdesc}
+ \begin{funcdesc}{get_default_domain}{}
+Return the system default NIS domain. \versionadded{2.5}
+\end{funcdesc}
The \module{nis} module defines the following exception: