Hi Simon, Marko filed https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75991, which prompts me to ping you about the below. Cheers, Michael On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Simon, > > So, from the references you've given, and from a little bit of code > spelunking, it looks like the change took place in glibc 2.5. I'd much > prefer a patch that preserved the glibc <= 2.4 info, and noted that > "order" is ignored in glibc >= 2.5. See some notes below. > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Simon Paillard <spaillard@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > Here, s/search order/search order (in glibc 2.4 and earlier)/ > ? > >> +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 . > > Drop the preceding change. > >> 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 . > > Drop the preceding change. Instead add: > > Since glibc 2.5, the > .I order > keyword is ignored. > > >> -.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. > > Drop the preceding change. Possibly add: > > Only useful in glibc 2.4 and earlier. > >> -.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. > > Where did this piece come from? It seems to be unrelated? > > Cheers, > > Michael > > >> .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 >> >> -- >> 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 > > > > -- > Michael Kerrisk > Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ > Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
