Public bug reported:
the lack of /etc/hosts should not prevent a host with /etc/resolv.conf
from resolving hostnames.
Interestingly, ping and a few other applications resolve hosts just fine
with no /etc/hosts on the system, apt does not.
lamont
** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Assignee: Matthias Klose (doko)
Status: Triaged
** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu Karmic)
Importance: High
Assignee: Matthias Klose (doko)
Status: Triaged
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when /etc/hosts doesn't exist, apt fails to resolve hostnames using libc6
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408901
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