Hi,
Am Dienstag, den 02.09.2014, 18:33 +0200 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > The whole point of the package is that you do _not_ need a /etc/hosts. > > > > Maybe something about the order in /etc/nsswitch.conf can be tweaked. > > I had "files" first in "hosts:" (I suppose that this corresponds > to /etc/hosts), and still first after libnss-myhostname got > installed. This means that libnss-myhostname overrode it. But > I'll try to look what is done with strace. not sure what you mean. libnss-myhostname currently installs itself always directly after files. > > But note that this was changed in 0.3-1: > > > > Install myshostname directly after "files" in /etc/nsswitch.conf. > > This avoids an annoying delay when dns fails and one wants to use sudo > > to > > fix it. Is also closer to having the hostname in /etc/hosts, which is > > the > > behaviour myhostname tries to mimic. Existing installations are not > > modified. > > What does "Existing installations are not modified." mean? I ask this > because /etc/nsswitch.conf got modified. Existing installations of libnss-myhostname, i.e. if it is already present in /etc/nsswitch.conf. If you move it to the end of the line there, does it work better for you? Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nome...@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: F0FBF51F JID: nome...@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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