Your message dated Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:30:30 +0100
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and subject line host has been removed from Debian, closing #99642
has caused the Debian Bug report #99642,
regarding host queries /etc/hosts when it should not
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Package: host
Version: 20000331-1
Severity: important
the host command is querying the /etc/hosts file (probably through the
nsswitch.conf file) when it should not be doing so, according to the
specification for the host command. As the release notes state:
"Some vendors supply resolver libraries with configurable
lookup strategies for gethostbyname/gethostbyaddr, e.g. to
consult DNS, NIS, /etc/hosts, or other databases, in specific
order. Such libraries are to be avoided when linking host.
It is meant to query the DNS and DNS only."
This problem broke some scripts of mine :(
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux xxxxx.auctionwatch.com 2.4.5-pre3 #4 SMP Fri May 18 07:54:33 PDT
2001 i686
Versions of packages host depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.3-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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Version: 20000331-9+rm
The host package has been removed from Debian so we are closing
the bugs that were still opened against it.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/537736 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
Kind regards,
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Marco Rodrigues
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