Hi,
(some years after)
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 07:33:48PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 3.15-1
> Severity: important
>
> The resolv.conf manpage says that defaults for domain and search are
> generated when not specified... however it seems that this is simply
> not the case.
> The thing with "the root domain is assumed" might be wrong, too.
It does work:
# hostname
toshi
# getent hosts www-master
(nothing)
# hostname toshi.debian.org
# getent hosts www-master
206.12.19.116 www-master.debian.org
> What is the priority if you specify both domain and search?
> And therse should be better documentation about the actual
> difference between that two.
Actually, according to glibc/resolv/res_init.c (search for _PATH_RESCONF):
* the first domain listed after 'search' keyword the considered the default
domain (same as 'domain').
* as whatever is 'domain' or 'search' keyword, the default domain is
overwritten, the last seen keyword applies.
I don't know is this is a libc bug / should be documented in manpages.
> The most options in hosts.conf seem to be ignored,.. can you update this?
Do you mean host.conf ?
I don't understand what is your point.
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Simon Paillard
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