ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ dpkg -l systemd|grep ii ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.31 amd64 system and service manager ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ grep bar /etc/hosts 127.0.2.1 foo # bar ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ systemd-resolve -4 bar bar: 127.0.2.1
-- Information acquired via protocol DNS in 1.5ms. -- Data is authenticated: yes ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ dpkg -l systemd|grep ii ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.32 amd64 system and service manager ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ grep bar /etc/hosts 127.0.2.1 foo # bar ubuntu@lp1832672-b:~$ systemd-resolve -4 bar bar: resolve call failed: 'bar' not found ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832672 Title: systemd-resolve not ignoring comments in /etc/hosts Status in systemd: Unknown Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in systemd source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: [impact] resolved does not ignore comments properly in /etc/hosts [test case] see original description below [regression potential] as this modifies resolved parsing of /etc/hosts, regressions would likely be in hostname lookups from hosts in /etc/hosts, or failure(s) to parse /etc/hosts correctly. [other info] original description: --- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 $ LANG=C apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 237-3ubuntu10.22 Candidate: 237-3ubuntu10.22 Version table: *** 237-3ubuntu10.22 500 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 237-3ubuntu10.19 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 237-3ubuntu10 500 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages $ head -1 /etc/hosts 127.0.2.1 foo # bar $ /usr/bin/systemd-resolve -4 bar expected ---------- bar: resolve call failed: 'bar' not found What happened instead --------------------- bar: 127.0.2.1 HOSTS(5) > Text from a "#" character until the end of the line is a comment, and is ignored. This is fixed in upstream: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/10779 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bd0052777981044cf54a1e9d6e3acb1c3d813656 Please backport to current LTS version. I accidentally connected to wrong systems because of this bug. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1832672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp