Hello Michael, What is your feedback regarding this bug ? On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 10:43:13PM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote: > Do you think this patch can be applied ? > > The "order" keyword in /etc/host.conf is not supported anymore for quite > some time. > > I cannot find which glibc versions uses order line in host.conf before > nsswitch.conf is used. > > Together with the fact this change happened ~7 years ago, here is a patch > *removing* the 'order line', and adding nsswitch.conf(5) in references. > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 06:13:42PM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote: > > http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2389 > > http://repo.or.cz/w/glibc.git/commit/b9c65d0902e5890c4f025b574725154032f8120a > > > > Reported at http://bugs.debian.org/270368 http://bugs.debian.org/396633 > > --- > > man3/resolver.3 | 2 +- > > man5/host.conf.5 | 14 ++------------ > > man5/resolv.conf.5 | 4 +++- > > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/man3/resolver.3 b/man3/resolver.3 > > index 991b263..2cd4ec7 100644 > > --- a/man3/resolver.3 > > +++ b/man3/resolver.3 > > @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ domain name servers. > > The > > .BR res_init () > > function reads the configuration files (see > > -resolv.conf(5)) to get the default domain name, search order and name > > +resolv.conf(5)) to get the default domain name and name > > server address(es). > > If no server is given, the local host is tried. > > If no domain is given, that associated with the local host is used. > > diff --git a/man5/host.conf.5 b/man5/host.conf.5 > > index 189e2e9..ed1403d 100644 > > --- a/man5/host.conf.5 > > +++ b/man5/host.conf.5 > > @@ -33,15 +33,9 @@ contains configuration information specific to the resolver library. > > It should contain one configuration keyword per line, followed by > > appropriate configuration information. > > The keywords recognized are > > -.IR order ", " trim ", " multi ", " nospoof ", " spoof ", and " reorder . > > +.IR trim ", " multi ", " nospoof ", " spoof ", and " reorder . > > These keywords are described below. > > .TP > > -.I order > > -This keyword specifies how host lookups are to be performed. > > -It should be followed by one or more lookup methods, separated by commas. > > -Valid methods are > > -.IR bind ", " hosts ", and " nis . > > -.TP > > .I trim > > This keyword may be listed more than once. > > Each time it should be > > @@ -141,11 +135,6 @@ override the behavior which is configured in > > If set this variable points to a file that should be read instead of > > .IR /etc/host.conf . > > .TP > > -.B RESOLV_SERV_ORDER > > -Overrides the > > -.I order > > -command. > > -.TP > > .B RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK > > Overrides the > > .IR nospoof ", " spoofalert " and " spoof > > @@ -200,4 +189,5 @@ Line comments can appear anywhere and not only at the beginning of a line. > > .BR gethostbyname (3), > > .BR hostname (7), > > .BR named (8), > > +.BR nsswitch.conf (5), > > .BR resolv+ (8) > > diff --git a/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/man5/resolv.conf.5 > > index 9a3ca54..282f748 100644 > > --- a/man5/resolv.conf.5 > > +++ b/man5/resolv.conf.5 > > @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ sets > > .BR RES_DEBUG > > in > > .IR _res.options . > > +This option needs glibc to be build with debugging enabled. > > .TP > > .BI ndots: n > > .\" Since glibc 2.2 > > @@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ in the first column are treated as comments. > > .BR gethostbyname (3), > > .BR resolver (3), > > .BR hostname (7), > > -.BR named (8) > > +.BR named (8), > > +.BR nsswitch.conf (5) > > .br > > Name Server Operations Guide for BIND > > -- > > 1.7.10.4 -- Simon Paillard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
