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Re: gethostbyaddr without /etc/{resolv,nsswitch}.conf
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu dot org>
- Cc: "libc-help at sourceware dot org" <libc-help at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 12:24:24 -0500
- Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr without /etc/{resolv,nsswitch}.conf
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- References: <874n50j6po dot fsf at gnu dot org>
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Should the DNS name service always return NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL when
> resolv.conf is missing? Or should the default config for reverse hosts
> lookups be “dns files”? Or...?
This is really a policy issue that should be discussed on libc-alpha
and documented and or code fixed and then documented.
Cheers,
Carlos.