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and subject line libnss-mdns: the recommended /etc/nsswitch.conf breaks whois
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Package: libnss-mdns
Version: 0.7-1
Severity: normal
With the following (recommended) line in nsswitch.conf, whois service does not
work:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
Example transcript
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10785 ; whois alicent.com
getaddrinfo: Name or service not known
Changing to
hosts: files nds
allows whois to work again.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages libnss-mdns depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Versions of packages libnss-mdns recommends:
ii zeroconf 0.9-1 IPv4 link-local address allocator
-- no debconf information
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 03:10:15PM -0400, Norman Ramsey wrote:
> No; it is fixed.
Closing the bug, thanks.
Sjoerd
--
It's easier to take it apart than to put it back together.
-- Washlesky
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