i am sorry, missed that one … see also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/5248e7e1f11aba6859de0b28f0dd3778b22842f2
> On 21 Nov 2019, at 14:36, Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org> > wrote: > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the libnss-myhostname package: > > #945224: resolve gateway libnss-myhostname > > It has been closed by Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Biebl > <bi...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 945224: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=945224 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > From: Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> > Subject: Re: Bug#945224: resolve gateway libnss-myhostname > Date: 21 November 2019 at 14:33:30 CET > To: Frederik Vos <inktvi...@icloud.com>, 945224-d...@bugs.debian.org > > > Am 21.11.19 um 14:05 schrieb Frederik Vos: >> Package: libnss-myhostname >> Version: 241-7~deb10u2 >> >> getent ahosts $(hostname) works as expected, >> getent ahosts gateway does not >> >> A strace suggest that it is found: >> >> recvfrom(3, "\224\235\204\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\7gateway\vlocaldomain"..., 2048, >> 0, >> {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), >> sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.122.2")}, [2 >> 8->16]) = 37 >> >> but it is never printed to the standard output > > Please see man nss-myhostname: > >> • The hostname "_gateway" is resolved to all current default routing >> gateway addresses, ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable >> hostname to the current gateway, useful for referencing it >> independently of the current network configuration state. > > I.e. use getent ahosts _gateway > > -- > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the > universe are pointed away from Earth? > > > > > > getent ahosts $(hostname) works as expected, > getent ahosts gateway does not > > A strace suggest that it is found: > > recvfrom(3, "\224\235\204\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\7gateway\vlocaldomain"..., = > 2048, 0, > {sa_family=3DAF_INET, sin_port=3Dhtons(53), = > sin_addr=3Dinet_addr("192.168.122.2")}, [2 > 8->16]) =3D 37 > > but it is never printed to the standard output > > Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) > Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 > Architecture: x86-64= > >
