reassign 463575 manpages
retitle 463575 resolv.conf.5 should explain how to set an empty domain
thanks
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:33:10PM +0100, Olaf van
der Spek wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> $ man resolv.conf
> domain Local domain name.
> Most queries for names within this domain can use short names
> relative to the local domain. If no domain entry is present, the domain is
> determined from the local host name returned by gethostname(); the domain
> part is taken to be everything
> after
> the first ‘.’. Finally, if the host name does not contain a
> domain part, the root domain is assumed.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a way to disable this option. If it's not set or if
> it's set to the empty string, gethostname() will be used.
> I'd like to have an option to just disable it.
>
To disable it, you should use a single dot ('.'). I think it is
something that should appear in the manpage, I am therefore reassigning
the bug to the corresponding package.
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