reassign 692136 manpages retitle 692136: manpages: resolv.conf should not mention RES_OPTIONS=debug thanks
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 03:37:36PM +0100, Simon Heimberg wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.13-36 > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainers, > > Debugging name resulution does not work. According to 'man resolv.conf', > it can be enabled by writing options debug in /etc/resolv.conf or by setting > RES_OPTIONS=debug when starting a process. > > I tried to debug problems in dns name resolution. I found out that > 'RES_OPTIONS=debug ping a.b.c.d' does not print any debug output. Also no > othe > program (like wget) does. Writing options debug in /etc.resolc.conf does also > not change anything. > > The problem is that the RES_DEBUG is only considered when DEBUGGING is set. > (In res_setoptions() of res_init.c) > > Not sure if this should be changed (by changeing the code [upstream] or > compileing with DEBUG) or the manual page about resolv.conf should be updated > and not mention option debug. (The manpage is in the package manpages.) The resolver code is deliberately not build with DEBUG by default, as stated in the sources in resolv/README: | * The RES_DEBUG option (`options debug' in /etc/resolv.conf) has been | disabled. For me it is therefore a documentation issue. I am therefore reassigning this bug to the manpages package. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
