Bug#549190: Specifying port in resolv.conf

2013-07-28 Thread Thomas Hood
This feature would make it easier to run multiple nameservers on a single machine without their coming into conflict, a problem that was encountered in Ubuntu Desktop which introduced a dnsmasq process controlled by NetworkManager ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/959037). A

Bug#582916: Testing eglibc 2.17-7

2013-07-08 Thread Thomas Hood
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Jens Thiele wrote: > from the test: > > "to easily reproduce, fake packet loss/overloaded dns server > on linux do something like: > # iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j DROP > # iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j LOG --log-prefix "DROP > DN

Bug#582916: Testing eglibc 2.17-7

2013-07-08 Thread Thomas Hood
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Jens Thiele wrote: > > Output: > > > > y.c:44: error: r=-2 Name or service not known > > > > Output after replacing "karme.de." with "www.google.com": none; the > program > > completed successfully. > > > > Output after doing "iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp -m udp -

Bug#582916: Testing eglibc 2.17-7

2013-07-07 Thread Thomas Hood
Jens, I ran your program ("updated test") on a Debian 7.0 system with libc6 et al upgraded to 2.17-7. Output: y.c:44: error: r=-2 Name or service not known Output after replacing "karme.de." with "www.google.com": none; the program completed successfully. Output after doing "iptables -I OUT

Bug#582916: Is #582916 still a bug?

2013-07-07 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM, I wrote: > Does getaddinfo() do what you expect on Ubuntu 13.04 which has > version 2.17-0ubuntu5 of eglibc? > > Do you think that the bug has been properly fixed upstream? > > http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14719 > http://sourceware.org/bugzill

Bug#582916: Is #582916 still a bug?

2013-07-07 Thread Thomas Hood
Hi there Jens, I have been looking into bug #683061 and Kurt Roeckx pointed me to #582916 which you investigated last November. I have trouble understanding exactly what the current behavior is and what you expect. Does getaddinfo() do what you expect on Ubuntu 13.04 which has version 2.17-0ubu

Bug#700385: Improved update script

2013-02-20 Thread Thomas Hood
I wrote: > Then include a file named /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/000nscd > in the nscd package with the following content. > >#!/bin/sh >[ -x /etc/init.d/nscd ] && /etc/init.d/nscd invalidate-hosts There's a bug in this one-line script. :) The script with accompanying amendment to /et

Bug#700385: Either fix automatic hosts cache invalidation or add resolvconf update script to invalidate the hosts cache

2013-02-12 Thread Thomas Hood
ince those older versions of resolvconf restarted nscd if resolv.conf changed and nscd had the hosts cache enabled. -- Thomas Hood

Bug#699061: Please ignore leading whitespace on lines in resolv.conf

2013-01-26 Thread Thomas Hood
-dns-using-host-but-cant-ping-ssh-ntp/247542 I request that leading whitespace on lines in resolv.conf be ignored. -- Thomas Hood

Re: Proposed new scheme for resolving the system hostname

2005-06-16 Thread Thomas Hood
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 21:07 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Thomas Hood wrote: > > First of all, the system hostname should always be its own canonical > > hostname in the sense of hosts(5), unless the system has a static > > domain name, in which case the canonic

Proposed new scheme for resolving the system hostname

2005-06-16 Thread Thomas Hood
ed to shortcircuit DNS lookups * If the system hostname is set dynamically and /etc/hosts isn't updated dynamically then the system hostname must be resolvable via DNS. -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#266817: replies

2004-11-16 Thread Thomas Hood
. I think that resolvconf is something that many people installing nscd should look at too. However, it's your call. You can "wontfix" this report if I haven't convinced you yet. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#265678: severity serious

2004-11-05 Thread Thomas Hood
severity 265678 serious thanks This results in fakeroot being FTBFS on mips and mipsel (#279240). -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#266817: Please Suggest resolvconf

2004-08-20 Thread Thomas Hood
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 02:01, GOTO Masanori wrote: > I think "resolvconf restarts nscd" does not provide the appropriate > reason which makes nscd suggesting resolvconf. Resolvconf doesn't just restart nscd. Resolvconf restarts nscd when nscd _needs_ to be restarted because /etc/resolv.conf has c

Bug#266817: Please Suggest resolvconf

2004-08-19 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: nscd Version: 2.3.2.ds1-16 Severity: wishlist When the resolvconf package is installed nscd will be restarted when the list of nameservers changes. For this reason I propose that nscd Suggest resolvconf. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (90

Bug#229273: Please fix this.

2004-06-14 Thread Thomas Hood
quot;reload" method. I left it as a synonym for 'restart' and 'force-reload' on the reasoning that some people might already be using it. But on second thought, we can be sure that no one is already using "reload" because it has never worked before! So I now think that "reload" should be removed from the initscript entirely. Thanks. -- Thomas Hood

Bug#229273: Please fix this.

2004-06-14 Thread Thomas Hood
t;reload" method. I left it as a synonym for 'restart' and 'force-reload' on the reasoning that some people might already be using it. But on second thought, we can be sure that no one is already using "reload" because it has never worked before! So I now think

Bug#229273: Please fix this.

2004-06-14 Thread Thomas Hood
I recently submitted a new initscript for nscd here. It would be quite convenient for me if this patch would be applied soon. I would like to make use of the initscript's reload or force-reload method in a script that I am including in one of my own packages. -- Thomas Hood

Bug#229273: Please fix this.

2004-06-14 Thread Thomas Hood
I recently submitted a new initscript for nscd here. It would be quite convenient for me if this patch would be applied soon. I would like to make use of the initscript's reload or force-reload method in a script that I am including in one of my own packages. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBS

Bug#229273: Here's a new initscript

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
nscd 985 ?00:00:00 nscd 986 ?00:00:00 nscd 987 ?00:00:00 nscd 988 ?00:00:00 nscd -- Thomas Hood nscd Description: application/shellscript

Bug#229273: Here's a new initscript

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
nscd 985 ?00:00:00 nscd 986 ?00:00:00 nscd 987 ?00:00:00 nscd 988 ?00:00:00 nscd -- Thomas Hood nscd Description: application/shellscript

Bug#252284: Exits (does not reload) on HUP

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
If you send nscd the HUP signal (signal 1) then nscd exits; it does not reload as the author of the initscript supposed. If there is some signal that makes nscd restart then that signal should be used. Otherwise 'reload' should be made a synonym for 'restart'. -- Thomas Hood

Bug#253119: Wrong exit status on start if nscd already running

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: nscd Version: 2.3.2.ds1-13 Severity: normal Tags: patch The initscript returns 1 on "start" if nscd is already running. That violates policy. To correct this, add the "--oknodo" option to the start-stop-daemon command that runs on start. --- nscd_ORIG 2004-05-25 20:39:47.0 +0

Bug#252284: Exits (does not reload) on HUP

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
If you send nscd the HUP signal (signal 1) then nscd exits; it does not reload as the author of the initscript supposed. If there is some signal that makes nscd restart then that signal should be used. Otherwise 'reload' should be made a synonym for 'restart'. -- T

Bug#253119: Wrong exit status on start if nscd already running

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: nscd Version: 2.3.2.ds1-13 Severity: normal Tags: patch The initscript returns 1 on "start" if nscd is already running. That violates policy. To correct this, add the "--oknodo" option to the start-stop-daemon command that runs on start. --- nscd_ORIG 2004-05-25 20:39:47.0 +0

Bug#156923: Is nscd maintained?

2004-06-05 Thread Thomas Hood
ersion of the program. $ sudo nscd -d Segmentation fault -- Thomas Hood

Bug#156923: Is nscd maintained?

2004-06-05 Thread Thomas Hood
ersion of the program. $ sudo nscd -d Segmentation fault -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#156923: Is nscd maintained?

2004-06-04 Thread Thomas Hood
There are reports of segfaults in nscd that haven't been fixed in years. Is nscd maintained? -- Thomas Hood

Bug#156923: Is nscd maintained?

2004-06-04 Thread Thomas Hood
There are reports of segfaults in nscd that haven't been fixed in years. Is nscd maintained? -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#252251: resolvconf: Adding support for nscd

2004-06-02 Thread Thomas Hood
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:01, Hugo Haas wrote: > nscd seems to need to be told that resolv.conf has changed [...] You are right. Thanks for pointing this out. > Creating an nscd script in /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d to tell it to > reload its configuration should do the trick: > > #!/bin/sh

Re: Bug#252251: resolvconf: Adding support for nscd

2004-06-02 Thread Thomas Hood
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:01, Hugo Haas wrote: > nscd seems to need to be told that resolv.conf has changed [...] You are right. Thanks for pointing this out. > Creating an nscd script in /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d to tell it to > reload its configuration should do the trick: > > #!/bin/sh

Bug#238963: Bugs unmerged

2004-04-18 Thread J.D. Thomas Hood
I have unmerged #230857 from #238963 and reassigned it to initscripts so that it can track the initscripts part of the task to be completed. -- Thomas Hood Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly

Bug#238963: Bugs unmerged

2004-04-18 Thread J.D. Thomas Hood
I have unmerged #230857 from #238963 and reassigned it to initscripts so that it can track the initscripts part of the task to be completed. -- Thomas Hood Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly

Bug#230857: libc6: remove /etc/default/{devpts,tmpfs} etc

2004-04-18 Thread J.D. Thomas Hood
--- GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I reread this thread, and I think: > > (1) glibc should not depend on initscripts > (2) glibc should not install three files (defalt/tmpfs, > default/devpts, init.t/mountkernfs) > (3) new initscripts should handle removing mountkernfs,

Bug#230857: libc6: remove /etc/default/{devpts,tmpfs} etc

2004-04-18 Thread J.D. Thomas Hood
--- GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I reread this thread, and I think: > > (1) glibc should not depend on initscripts > (2) glibc should not install three files (defalt/tmpfs, > default/devpts, init.t/mountkernfs) > (3) new initscripts should handle removing mountkernfs,

Bug#239427: realpath() incorrectly described in /usr/include/stdlib.h

2004-03-22 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: libc6-dev Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11 Severity: minor The description of realpath() in /usr/include/stdlib.h begins this way: /* Return the canonical absolute name of file NAME. It then continues: The last file name component need not exist, and may be a symlink to a nonexistent

Bug#230857: libc6: remove /etc/default/{devpts,tmpfs} etc

2004-03-19 Thread Thomas Hood
st at the time libc6.preinst runs then the former gets renamed to the latter. Because mountvirtfs is a conffile, when initscripts is upgraded, dpkg will ask the user whether or not the new maintainer version of the file should be installed. I don't see the point of that; mountvirtfs s

Bug#230857: So, the solution is ...

2004-03-16 Thread Thomas Hood
Hrm, perhaps the conversation about realpath, etc., didn't need to be cc:ed to #230857. I hope you found it interesting. :) Anyway, the important point of that discussion for #230857's purposes is that sysvinit 2.85-10 has been released with a brand new S02mountvirtfs script that gets run at /et

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-03-15 Thread Thomas Hood
On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 22:43, Thomas Hood wrote: > The readlink program doesn't use the C Library realpath(). > Check it out -- it uses its own xreadlink() and readlink() > functions. On checking the code myself I see that it actually uses canonicalize_file_name(). This function

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-03-15 Thread Thomas Hood
On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 12:53, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > On 2004.03.15 12:22, Thomas Hood wrote: > > I pursued the readlink() issue with upstream. Most of the > > discussion is logged in coreutils bug #225836: "readlink: Please > > implement --recursive option"

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-03-15 Thread Thomas Hood
;readlink -r /etc/mtab" would print > "/etc/mount/mtab" from which the name of the parent, "/etc/mount" > could be extracted. Mike went on to say: > One thing that's pretty much for sure is that the next sysvinit will > ship (hopefully monday) with a /l

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-03-13 Thread Thomas Hood
fixed for Sarge. Since there apparently isn't time to implement /etc/rcS.d/S02mountkernfs in initscripts, I support gotom's plan as described in #230857 to rename or delete devpts.sh. -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Hood
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 12:11, GOTO Masanori wrote: > Exactly, thanks for your pointing out me. It was my fault, I forgot > to handle old devpts.sh. I modified preinst as (1) if old glibc > version is < 2.3.2.ds1-11, rename devpts.sh to mountkernfs (2) if old > glibc version is = 2.3.2.ds1-11, remo

Bug#230743: "init: Trying to re-exec init" on upgrade

2004-02-05 Thread Thomas Hood
the error message were either eliminated or else expanded to indicate that nothing bad has happened. -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#230743: "init: Trying to re-exec init" on upgrade

2004-02-05 Thread Thomas Hood
r message were either eliminated or else expanded to indicate that nothing bad has happened. -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-02-02 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11 Severity: normal After installing this version of libc6 I end up with the following: $ ls -l init.d/*devpts* rc?.d/*devpts* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 749 2003-10-27 03:09 init.d/devpts.sh lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 19 2003-03-26 00:23

Bug#230857: Preinst should rename old devpts.sh to mountkernfs

2004-02-02 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11 Severity: normal After installing this version of libc6 I end up with the following: $ ls -l init.d/*devpts* rc?.d/*devpts* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 749 2003-10-27 03:09 init.d/devpts.sh lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 19 2003-03-26 00:23

Bug#230743: "init: Trying to re-exec init" on upgrade

2004-02-02 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11 Severity: normal I don't know whether or not this is a problem but it worries me that when I upgrade to this version of libc6 I see the following in the syslog: Feb 2 09:09:52 thanatos init: Trying to re-exec init Feb 2 09:09:52 thanatos init: INIT_HALT: (nu

Bug#230743: "init: Trying to re-exec init" on upgrade

2004-02-02 Thread Thomas Hood
Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11 Severity: normal I don't know whether or not this is a problem but it worries me that when I upgrade to this version of libc6 I see the following in the syslog: Feb 2 09:09:52 thanatos init: Trying to re-exec init Feb 2 09:09:52 thanatos init: INIT_HALT: (nu

Bug#194024: oops

2003-06-10 Thread Thomas Hood
That last bit should have gone to #194204. Sorry. -- Thomas

Bug#194024: oops

2003-06-10 Thread Thomas Hood
That last bit should have gone to #194204. Sorry. -- Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]