Sorry to keep sending patches, but I realized it also need to look for search foo.local type things, so here's an updated patch.
-- see shy jo
diff -ur old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/README.Debian nss-mdns-0.8/debian/README.Debian
--- old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/README.Debian 2006-10-14 16:35:37.000000000
-0400
+++ nss-mdns-0.8/debian/README.Debian 2006-10-15 13:14:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@
will be preserved. If this package is purged, the mdns items will be
removed from the hosts line.
+PROBLEMS WITH "search local" IN /etc/resolv.conf
+------------------------------------------------
+
+If you have "search local" (or a search line for any subdomain of local
+such as "foo.local") in /etc/resolv.conf, this will not behave well
+with mdns. In the best case, every hostname lookup will be slowed down as a
+mdns lookup is done first; in the worst case all dns lookups will fail.
+
+The author of nss-mdns does not consider using "search local" with mdns to
+be a supported configuration. Either change /etc/resolv.conf, or remove the
+mdns entries from /etc/nsswitch.conf.
+
WHAT ABOUT IPv6?
----------------
diff -ur old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/changelog nss-mdns-0.8/debian/changelog
--- old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/changelog 2006-10-14 16:35:37.000000000 -0400
+++ nss-mdns-0.8/debian/changelog 2006-10-14 16:25:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+nss-mdns (0.8-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Document in README.Debian that using "search local" in /etc/resolv.conf
+ does not get along well at all with using mdns in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
+ This is not a supported configuration.
+ * Check for systems that have "search local" in /etc/resolv.conf and use
+ mdns, print a warning, and disable mdns. Do this on upgrade to this
+ version, and on new installs; if you really want the problimatic
+ configuration you can add it back and it will be preserved from now on.
+ Closes: #392813
+
+ -- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:20:25 -0400
+
nss-mdns (0.8-5) unstable; urgency=low
* Take over the package for the pkg-utopia team. T
diff -ur old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postinst nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postinst
--- old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postinst 2006-10-14 16:35:37.000000000 -0400
+++ nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postinst 2006-10-15 13:15:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@
set -e
#DEBHELPER#
+remove_nss () {
+ perl -i -pe '
+ my @remove=(
+ "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]",
+ "mdns4_minimal",
+ "mdns4",
+ "mdns6_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]",
+ "mdns6_minimal",
+ "mdns6",
+ "mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]",
+ "mdns_minimal",
+ "mdns",
+ );
+ sub remove {
+ my $s=shift;
+ foreach my $bit (@remove) {
+ $s=~s/\s+\Q$bit\E//g;
+ }
+ return $s;
+ }
+ s/^(hosts:)(.*)/$1.remove($2)/e;
+ ' /etc/nsswitch.conf
+}
+
if [ "$1" = configure ] && [ -e /etc/nsswitch.conf ]; then
if [ -z "$2" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le 0.8-4.1; then
perl -i -pe '
@@ -19,4 +43,18 @@
s/^(hosts:\s+)(.*)/$1.insert($2)/e;
' /etc/nsswitch.conf
fi
+
+ if [ -z "$2" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le 0.8-6; then
+ if [ -e /etc/resolv.conf ] && \
+ egrep -q '^ *search (.*\.)?local *$' /etc/resolv.conf && \
+ grep -q "mdns" /etc/nsswitch.conf; then
+ cat <<EOF >&2
+* Warning: /etc/resolv.conf contains "search local" or similar
+ and /etc/nsswitch.conf uses mdns. This combination is not supported.
+ Removing mdns from /etc/nsswitch.conf. See
+ /usr/share/doc/libnss-mdns/README.Debian for details.
+EOF
+ remove_nss
+ fi
+ fi
fi
diff -ur old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postrm nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postrm
--- old/nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postrm 2006-10-14 16:35:37.000000000 -0400
+++ nss-mdns-0.8/debian/postrm 2006-10-14 18:06:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
set -e
#DEBHELPER#
-if [ "$1" = purge ] && [ -e /etc/nsswitch.conf ]; then
+remove_nss () {
perl -i -pe '
my @remove=(
"mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]",
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
}
s/^(hosts:)(.*)/$1.remove($2)/e;
' /etc/nsswitch.conf
+}
+
+if [ "$1" = purge ] && [ -e /etc/nsswitch.conf ]; then
+ remove_nss
fi
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