tags 308397 fixed-upstream
thanks

> Von: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi Joey,

> Datum: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:12:25 +0100
> now that /etc/host.conf is obsoleted it may be worth to add a
> reference to /etc/nsswitch.conf to gethostbyname(3).  This is
> Debian Bug#308397.
> 
> Index: man3/gethostbyname.3
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /var/cvs/debian/manpages/man3/gethostbyname.3,v
> retrieving revision 1.13
> diff -u -p -r1.13 gethostbyname.3
> --- man3/gethostbyname.3      7 Dec 2005 05:58:39 -0000       1.13
> +++ man3/gethostbyname.3      13 Dec 2005 09:09:18 -0000
> @@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ resolver configuration file
>  .TP
>  .I /etc/hosts
>  host database file
> +.TP
> +.I /etc/nsswitch.conf
> +name service switch configuration
>  .SH "CONFORMING TO"
>  4.3BSD.
>  .SH "SYSV/POSIX EXTENSION"
> @@ -323,6 +326,7 @@ obsolescent. See
>  .BR inet_pton (3),
>  .BR resolver (3),
>  .BR hosts (5),
> +.BR nsswitch.conf (5),
>  .BR hostname (7),
>  .BR named (8),
>  .BR resolv+ (8)

Done -- for 2.18.

I also did the following:

@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
 Information Service (NIS or YP), depending upon the contents of the
 \fIorder\fP line in
 .IR /etc/host.conf .
-(See
-.BR resolv+ (8)).
+.\" (See
+.\" .BR resolv+ (8)).
 The default action is to query
 .BR named (8),
 followed by


Cheers,

Michael

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