[PATCH] Custom resolv.conf

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Wed Sep 15 18:02:00 GMT 2004


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Michal Svec wrote:

> 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?

Where did I ever say it is not used?  It's used all the time.  If you
need some special, non-standard lookups use a different, independent
tool.  That's all I said.


> What do you exactly mean with "maintenance nightmare"? Customization could 
> be IMHO only a good thing ...

No, having a gazillion different configurations is a nightmare.

And as I said, this all is completely irrelevant when nscd is used
(which should always be the case).

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