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Re: [PATCH] Custom resolv.conf
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > If you mean when is this useful, then for instance in situations when
> > you'd like to look up some hostname using the glibc built-in resolver, but
> > without messing up the config files (think of the network configuration,
> > where you would like to resolve names before anything is actually
> > written).
>
> Then use host, dig, nslookup. They don't use the glibc resolver.
Well, then I somehow do not get the reason why we have resolver in glibc
at all, if it's not supposed to be used?
> I don't like this customization one bit since it introduces yet another
> error source. A program's behavior is different if a local resolv.conf
> is used or if nscd is running. This just means maintenance nightmares.
> And no, using "but it is done for file XYZ" is no argument. I wouldn't
> add these envvars today either. Early mistakes.
What do you exactly mean with "maintenance nightmare"? Customization could
be IMHO only a good thing ...
Regards
Michal
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