Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-20 Severity: normal
I first discovered this behaviour while configuring nss to use libnss_lwres. Having added to nsswitch.conf the line hosts: files lwres [NOTFOUND=return] dns I found that many binaries (ssh, apt-get, telnet although not ping) would fail to do dns lookups when lwresd was not running. They were treating the unavailability of lwres as a NOTFOUND result and proceding no further. Changing the line to hosts: files lwres dns Made the probem go away but is obviously not the best solution. This is not a bug in libnss_lwres: the behaviour persists if alternatives are used or if a non-existent name switch module is used (i.e. "hosts: files bogus [NOTFOUND=return] dns" triggers this bug but "hosts: files bogus dns" does not). If the NPTL libc libraries are not available (I tested this by moving /lib/tls to /lib/tls.bak), the bug does not appear and nsswitch behaves as it should. This bug may be linked to #222130 but I can't be sure atm. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [gl -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
