Control: retitle -1 ping6 does not resolve Avahi .local addresses by default Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/lathiat/nss-mdns/issues/62 Control: merge 466014 -1 Control: affects 466014 iputils-ping
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 at 16:53:00 +0200, Benjamin Peter wrote: > just a moment after writing I found an article, saying to modify > nsswitch.conf as follows > > hosts: files mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns > #hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 > > Maybe this could be a setting for everyone? The reason why this is not the default is that it significantly slows down name resolution in some programs. More details are available in upstream bug <https://github.com/lathiat/nss-mdns/issues/62>. The next upload of nss-mdns will mention this in README.Debian. I don't intend to change the default in Debian unless the upstream developer of nss-mdns changes their recommendation, but you are welcome to make this configuration change locally. smcv
