On Wed, 25 Oct 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: > Whereas my theory has always been WRT the search line, that it should > first search the /etc/hosts file for a name match, and failing that, > query my router, which is running dd-wrt which means its running > dnsmasq.
This is wrong, and has been wrong for quite some time. /etc/resolv.conf does not control the order of querying. /etc/nsswitch.conf does. See nsswitch.conf(5) and resolv.conf(5) for details. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance. -- William's Law
