Andrew Ferrier wrote:
> Package: manpages
> Version: 1.39-1.1
> Severity: minor
>
> The manpage for resolv.conf contains the following phrase:
>
> On a normally configured system this file should not be
> necessary. The only name server to be queried will be on the
> local machine.
>
> Surely this is not true? 99% of machines don't run their own
> name server, surely? Most machines use another machine for a
> name server and hence need a resolv.conf.
>
> Maybe I'm misreading it but I think the wording needs altering
> at any rate.
I'll remove the first sentence:
Index: man5/resolv.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/debian/manpages/man5/resolv.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -p -r1.21 resolv.conf.5
--- man5/resolv.conf.5 28 Jan 2008 16:24:12 -0000 1.21
+++ man5/resolv.conf.5 30 Jan 2008 17:43:29 -0000
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ by the resolver routines the first time
The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
.LP
-On a normally configured system this file should not be necessary.
-The only name server to be queried will be on the local machine;
+If this file doesn't exist
+the only name server to be queried will be on the local machine;
the domain name is determined from the host name
and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name.
.LP
Regards,
Joey
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