On Fri 05 Jul 2019 at 04:33:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 04 July 2019 16:42:11 Brian wrote: > > > If nobody objects I would like to reword that statement. Many, many > > users will have avahi-daemon on their systems; a few won't. The idea > > that > > > > > Not installing this software in the first place works even better. > > > > requires clarification. > > Aha! Took several more hours but I found the SOB screwing my static > network! Soooo....
I was rather hoping someone would clarify why not having avahi-daemon in the first place was a good thing in general. Your problem doesn't particularly interest me because it is probably something you have brought on yourself due to previous actions. > Here is your Clarification: I used apt to purge avahi-daemon which > took nsswitch with it, I stopped reading there. I am not into fantasy. -- Brian.