The proper way for the admin to stop /etc/resolv.conf from being updated
by resolvconf is for him or her to remove the symbolic link
/etc/resolv.conf -> ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. The resolvconf
program only ever writes to the target of that symlink. Thus, in the
absence of that link, resolvconf has no effect on resolv.conf.

Yes, Ubuntu's dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolvconf checks /etc/resolv.conf
and stomps on it if no symbolic link is there. That is different from
what the Debian version of the script does and is a departure from the
Debian convention. That has been complained about in bug #1385010.

Can you please describe more fully what you perceive to be the problem?
That's not clear to me yet.

In advance I will say that it is supposed to be the case that if the
admin has removed the symlink at /etc/resolv.conf then upgrading the
package does not restore the symlink.

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