On 2022-04-20 01:03:36 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 20.04.2022 00:58, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2022-04-20 00:43:48 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> > > 20.04.2022 00:40, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Well, systemd already have its own nameserver configuration and its
> > > > > own resolver cache which does not need any reload of daemons, since
> > > > > resolv.conf does not change (It does not change with resolvconf and
> > > > > unbound running with resolvconf hook enabled, either, and postfix
> > > > > already needs no restart).
> > > > 
> > > > But AFAIK, it doesn't have a way to fall back to the nameservers
> > > > provided by DHCP.
> > > 
> > > Yes. Neither does unbound or other nameservers shipped in Debian,
> > > because there's just no _notion_ of "fall back".
> > 
> > Wrong. The normal use of /etc/resolv.conf via glibc does
> > (so, assuming that resolvconf is not installed).
> > See additional information in my mail to bug 1003135.
> 
> glibc is not a nameserver, Vincent.  Please actually read what I write
> before saying I'm wrong.

glibc is not a nameserver, but it provides functions to resolve
hostnames. This is what applications see.

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