[ale] resolver problems

[Joe Steele]

On Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:11 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Ryan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 21:19, Geoffrey wrote:
>
> >>/etc/host.conf contains:
> >>
> >>order host,bind
> >
> >
> > I believe this should be:
> >
> > order hosts,bind

Actually, it probably doesn't much matter what the 'order' command 
says in host.conf, because the resolver code in glibc no longer 
refers to it (although the command is still parsed).  This has been 
the case since about 1996, when the use of /etc/nsswitch.conf was 
incorporated into glibc.  These days, the equivalent way to control 
name resolution is with a 'hosts:' line in nsswitch.conf.  If omitted, 
the default is:

   hosts: dns [!UNAVAIL=return] files

The only commands in host.conf that still have any effect with glibc 
are 'multi',  'trim', and 'reorder'.  Of course, having an 'order' 
command doesn't hurt anything, and it might actually be needed if you 
have some old binaries that were statically linked against an old 
version of libc.

--Joe

>
> It does, another of my lousy typos, sorry.  Note my previous response to
> the list, I've got this working now, so I'm not going to worry about the
> resolution issue, although it's going to bug me... :(


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