On Sat, 14.10.06 15:59, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Seems my last mail crossed yours on the way.
> Part of the problem is that your /etc/resolv.conf has "search local". > This means that every dns lookup is first tried in the "local" domain, > so it's trying to look up google.com.local. > > If I configure my system the same, with "search local" and avahi disabled, > I can get similar results: > > Could nss-mdns be changed to check for a resolv.conf with "search local" and > somehow avoid all the unnecessary mdns queries for every (!!) dns lookup that > are entailed? Or maybe it could return immediately for domains like > google.com.local while doing its thing for foo.local? Don't use "search local". It will always produce problems like this one. > > (I'd like to be able to put "search local" in my resolv.conf, for networks > that don't have any other dns than mdns, so it seems like a legitimate thing > to want to do.) As I already wrote in my last email, the "search local" is indeed the problem. It is explicitly *not recommended* to use "search local". If people choose to use it it's their problem. "search local" has lots of problems. This one is only one of them. The "search local" functionality is *only* useful in setups where traditional DNS is not used *at all*. In all other cases, don't use it, it causes all kinds of problems and will slow down all lookups. I am really surprised that so many people actually make use this configuration option. I never documented it for nss-mdns. Only a minor entry in my changelog even mentions it. To stress this once more: DO NOT USE "search local" UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU DO! And if you do use it, don't file bugs about it. I am fully aware that it is problematic. (Yes, this particular problem is fixable, and I will eventually do so, but it's low-priority to me) Lennart -- Lennart Poettering; lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553; GPG 0x1A015CC4; http://0pointer.net/lennart/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
