>> Granted, it might be nice if resolvconf had an easier way to configure >> a static setup, but as it is now packages that need to access >> resolv.conf should do this through resolvconf if it is available, so >> installing and configuring it *is* the right way to handle this. > I must argue against it, until as you say, resolvconf is given a well > documented way to be told to leave a "static" system alone.
Why would that be a requirement? As this thread shows, the problem of resolv.conf being modified occurs without resolvconf: it's not caused by resolvconf, but rather by its lack. Stefan