With 12.04.1 and the standard line in nsswitch.conf, I find that DNS is
not queried for a .local address.
Unfortunately, as noted above, .local is used on some networks with DNS.
A particular case is the Microsoft Windows Small Business System 2011
installs with a .local domain by default. Worse
** Changed in: nss-mdns (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None = nss-mdns
--
dns used for resolving mdns queries
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287499
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
I get that, too, with tcpdump -i eth0 proto UDP and port 53.
However, I'm not entirely sure whether this is a bug or a feature. Some
people still run .local as an actual unicast LAN network name, and the
current scheme makes sure that this continues to work as long as you
don't have a real IPv4LL
