Hi,

(some years after)

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 07:33:48PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 3.15-1
> Severity: important
> 
> The resolv.conf manpage says that defaults for domain and search are
> generated when not specified... however it seems that this is simply
> not the case.
> The thing with "the root domain is assumed" might be wrong, too.

It does work:
        # hostname
        toshi
        # getent hosts www-master
        (nothing)
        # hostname toshi.debian.org
        # getent hosts www-master
        206.12.19.116   www-master.debian.org

> What is the priority if you specify both domain and search?
> And therse should be better documentation about the actual
> difference between that two.

Actually, according to glibc/resolv/res_init.c (search for _PATH_RESCONF):
* the first domain listed after 'search' keyword the considered the default
  domain (same as 'domain').
* as whatever is 'domain' or 'search' keyword, the default domain is
  overwritten, the last seen keyword applies.

I don't know is this is a libc bug / should be documented in manpages.

> The most options in hosts.conf seem to be ignored,.. can you update this?

Do you mean host.conf ? 
I don't understand what is your point.


-- 
Simon Paillard


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