Hi Michael,
now that /etc/host.conf is obsoleted it may be worth to add a
reference to /etc/nsswitch.conf to gethostbyname(3). This is
Debian Bug#308397.
Index: man3/gethostbyname.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/debian/manpages/man3/gethostbyname.3,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -p -r1.13 gethostbyname.3
--- man3/gethostbyname.3 7 Dec 2005 05:58:39 -0000 1.13
+++ man3/gethostbyname.3 13 Dec 2005 09:09:18 -0000
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ resolver configuration file
.TP
.I /etc/hosts
host database file
+.TP
+.I /etc/nsswitch.conf
+name service switch configuration
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
4.3BSD.
.SH "SYSV/POSIX EXTENSION"
@@ -323,6 +326,7 @@ obsolescent. See
.BR inet_pton (3),
.BR resolver (3),
.BR hosts (5),
+.BR nsswitch.conf (5),
.BR hostname (7),
.BR named (8),
.BR resolv+ (8)
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