--- ./nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c.orig	2004-08-13 21:20:34.000000000 -0700
+++ ./nis/nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c	2005-07-19 20:28:44.000000000 -0700
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 	 and the last byte is filled with NUL.  So we can simply
 	 use that buffer.  */
       assert (len > 0);
-      assert (malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1);
+      /* The next line break NIS netgroups on non-PAM systems, so we will comment it out */
+      /* assert (malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1); */
       assert (netgrp->data[len] == '\0');
 
       netgrp->data_size = len;