David wrote: >On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 05:21, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > >There seems to be an ongoing theme here with lines that look like > *search hosts dns >popping up in other places in Gene's system. > >See: >https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00857.html >https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00859.html > >Gene, the line >> >dns-search hosts dns >that you show above does not match anything documented by >the manpages on wheezy. I checked > interfaces(5) > resolv.conf(5) > resolvconf(8) > nsswitch.conf(5) > >Gene, what are you trying to achieve with that line?
It *looks* like a misunderstood reference to nsswitch.conf maybe: hosts: files dns (from my system). -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html