Package: base(?)
Version: 1.1.0-14
During the initial installation of Debian 1.1, the user is asked for
information which is used to construct an /etc/resolv.conf file.
However:
- If the user enters more than one nameserver IP address, all the
addresses are listed on a single line in /etc/resolv.conf; they
should instead appear on separate lines, one for each address.
- Both "domain" and "search" directives are present in the file.
These are mutually exclusive, and only the last instance is
effective.
"domain" is in fact only a special case of "search" that implies
a particular pattern. For example, the following are equivalent:
domain foo.bar.baz.com
search foo.bar.baz.com bar.baz.com baz.com
Having both directives in the file is misleading and can cause
problems if the user makes an innocent change to reverse the order
of these lines; therefore I would recommend only one be written
during the installation procedure.
--
Robert Leslie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
