Geez this is ugly. If that's the way it is, then I'll just write a replacement for host to work sensibly.
If this is the designed behavior of the host command, then host will hang anytime DNS is stopped. Very bad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to bind9 in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/736149 Title: Ubuntu 10.10 /etc/hosts ignored by /lib/resolv.so.2 -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs