Package: base-files
Version: 3.1.9
Severity: important
Hi,
Currently /etc/nsswitch.conf has the line:
hosts: files dns mdns
However in a recent discussion with the KDE group, both the mdns
upstream (Lennart) and myself believe the order should be:
hosts: files mdns dns
Rationale:
- a DNS server should never see a '.local' zone
(by default, libnss-mdns only looks there)
- mdns will respond faster than a DNS server can for .local
Unlike Joey Hess (CC'd) I have not tested what, if any, impact this will
have (as per #324954) should libnss-mdns not be installed.
Also I note that Lennart would prefer:
hosts: files mdns4 dns
But I believe we should not limit link-local multicast name resolution
to only IPv4.
I've CC'd a number of you for further discussion in case you believe
this change should not take effect or my reasoning to be flawed.
Thanks,
Anand
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