Hi Steve, On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 03:14:54AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > severity 411978 important > thanks > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 03:05:11PM +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote: > > Package: libnss-mdns > > Version: 0.9-0.1 > > Severity: critical > > Justification: breaks unrelated software > > > When /usr is not mounted and libnss-mdns is installed hostname lookups > > will > > fail because lib_mdns* is in /usr/lib instead of /lib. > > > Apart from the more obvious things like nfs-mounting /usr, something like > > postfix can also fail as it just copies the nss modules from /lib into > > it's > > chroot.. Causing a broken setup for resolving, which in turn can cause > > mail > > bounces.. > > Under what circumstances does this actually break for you? What does your > nsswitch.conf look like? > > I can understand that listing mdns first in nsswitch.conf, and mounting /usr > over NFS, would break as a result of this bug; but this bug severity looks > overinflated to me, there are pretty apparent workarounds available (i.e., > don't configure nsswitch.conf in such a way that mdns is on the critical > path for mounting /usr).
The recommended way of configuring nss-mdns which makes lookups of .local speedy and doesn't cause real dns to lag, also causes it to fail *ALL* dns lookups if you cannot find the plugin (NOTFOUND=return) Cheers, Trent > > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
