Package: ppp
Version: 2.4.9-1+1
Severity: wishlist
File: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0000usepeerdns

Regarding this part of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0000usepeerdns,

    # merge the new nameservers with the other options from the old 
configuration
    {
      cat /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
      grep --invert-match '^nameserver[[:space:]]' "$REALRESOLVCONF" || true
    } > "$REALRESOLVCONF.tmp"

It would be a good idea to put into /etc/resolv.conf:

   The following section was added by /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0000usepeerdns:

That would often eliminate the mysteries of who wrote what there, and is
indeed the practice of many other programs these days. It could save
months of wild goose chases.

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