Bug#1055415: Wrong order for the `resolve' option in nsswitch.conf

[Sylvain Garrigues]

Le dimanche 5 novembre 2023, Michael Biebl  a écrit :

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> See https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/merge_requests/162
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This is indeed related. Yet the changes (as of today) do not seem to fix
the order for `resolve'. This merge request seems to be waiting for a
consensus before it can make progress.

Bug#1055415: Wrong order for the `resolve' option in nsswitch.conf

[Sylvain Garrigues]

Package: libnss-resolve
Version: 252.17-1~deb12u1
X-Debbugs-CC: pkg-systemd-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org

The debian postinstall script for libnss-resolve inserts `resolve' in
the `hosts:' line of /etc/nsswitch.conf before `dns', therefore after
`files'. This does not seem optimal, as per `man nss-resolve', which
reads:
Specifically, it is recommended to place "resolve" early in
/etc/nsswitch.conf's "hosts:" line. It should be before the "files"
entry, since systemd-resolved supports /etc/hosts internally, but with
caching.