Thanks for your reploy. You are absolutely right, though I am suprised that /etc/host.conf is also ignored by "host". But this seems to be a feature rather than an issue. A better example than "dig" is "ping" for the usage for /etc/hosts.
Thank you, this ticket can be closed I guess. -- /etc/hosts totally ignored in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/69256 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
