> Not sure I understand the difference here.

interfaces(5):

    Lines beginning with the word "auto" are used to identify
    the physical interfaces to be brought up when ifup is run
    with the -a option.

[...]

    Stanzas  defining  logical  interfaces start with a line
    consisting of the word "iface" followed by the name of
    the logical interface.

Read the passages on mapping.


> [...]
> Would that break the system?

Appending the original file to the end of resolv.conf can't have terribly 
deleterious effects.  (<Knock wood>)  The worst that can happen is that the 
original file contains obsolete "domain" or "search" lines which override a new 
valid "search" line.  (Only the last one of these counts.)  The original file 
may also list obsolete nameserver addresses but so long as new valid dynamic 
ones are listed earlier this doesn't make any difference. (Only the first 
functional address counts.)  And listing an obsolete nameserver address only 
has the effect of delaying the name service failure condition by a few seconds. 
 These issues are minor compared with the problem of resolv.conf *lacking* 
nameserver addresses that *are* in the original file.  That's what will bring 
the pitchfork-armed admins to our doors.
-- 
Thomas

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