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============================== Requested Info ====================================================== System details This may be a generic problem with Debian resolvconf, as it has been a long-standing issue in my lab, since I run a local DNS server, and I have reproduced it on several hosts running Debian derivatives: Ubunti 14.04.3 LTS systems, e.g: $ uname -a Linux leno 3.19.0-49-generic #55~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 11:23:34 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 1.69ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.69ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages Mint: $ uname -a Linux nas2 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 1.69ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.69ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages raspbian: $ uname -a Linux raspi2 4.1.17-v7+ #834 SMP Mon Feb 1 15:17:54 GMT 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.67 Candidate: 1.67 Version table: *** 1.67 0 500 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ------------------------------------------------------------------ What I expected to happen: The man page for resolvconf states: The dynamically generated resolver configuration file always starts with the contents of /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head and ends with the contents of /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail. Between head and tail the libc script inserts dynamic nameserver information compiled from, first, information provided for configured interfaces; second, static information from /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base. What happens instead: Updating /etc/resolv.conf (which is a symlink to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf) with resolvconf -u dappears to do everything EXCEPT incorporate the contents of the /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file. ============== My analysis and steps to reproduce the problem ======================================== The resolvconf manpage and many web resources claim that one can make "permanent changes" (e.g. local nameserver, search domain, etc) by editing the /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file, and that executing "resolvconf -u" build a new /etc/resolv.conf (actually /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf) from the contents of the head, base and tail files in /etc/resolvcond/resolv.conf.d. In fact, resolvconf -u does incorporate the head and tail files, but not the base file. Steps to reproduce: 1 - on a system that has resolvconf installed, display the content of /etc/resolv.conf, e.g.: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.1.1 2 - cd /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d 3 - (as root) edit the head, base and tail files, by adding an identifying comment line, e.g.: # this is the head file # this is the base file # this is the tail file 4 - (as root) run resolvconf -u 5 - Again, display the content of /etc/resolv.conf: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN # this is the head file nameserver 127.0.1.1 # this is the tail file Note that the content of the head and tail files has been incorporated, but the content of the base file has not.. ** Affects: resolvconf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to resolvconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1546624 Title: resolvconf -u does not incorporate /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file into /etc/resolv.conf Status in resolvconf package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: ============================== Requested Info ====================================================== System details This may be a generic problem with Debian resolvconf, as it has been a long-standing issue in my lab, since I run a local DNS server, and I have reproduced it on several hosts running Debian derivatives: Ubunti 14.04.3 LTS systems, e.g: $ uname -a Linux leno 3.19.0-49-generic #55~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 11:23:34 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 1.69ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.69ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages Mint: $ uname -a Linux nas2 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.69ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 1.69ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.69ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages raspbian: $ uname -a Linux raspi2 4.1.17-v7+ #834 SMP Mon Feb 1 15:17:54 GMT 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy resolvconf resolvconf: Installed: 1.67 Candidate: 1.67 Version table: *** 1.67 0 500 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ------------------------------------------------------------------ What I expected to happen: The man page for resolvconf states: The dynamically generated resolver configuration file always starts with the contents of /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head and ends with the contents of /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail. Between head and tail the libc script inserts dynamic nameserver information compiled from, first, information provided for configured interfaces; second, static information from /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base. What happens instead: Updating /etc/resolv.conf (which is a symlink to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf) with resolvconf -u dappears to do everything EXCEPT incorporate the contents of the /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file. ============== My analysis and steps to reproduce the problem ======================================== The resolvconf manpage and many web resources claim that one can make "permanent changes" (e.g. local nameserver, search domain, etc) by editing the /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file, and that executing "resolvconf -u" build a new /etc/resolv.conf (actually /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf) from the contents of the head, base and tail files in /etc/resolvcond/resolv.conf.d. In fact, resolvconf -u does incorporate the head and tail files, but not the base file. Steps to reproduce: 1 - on a system that has resolvconf installed, display the content of /etc/resolv.conf, e.g.: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.1.1 2 - cd /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d 3 - (as root) edit the head, base and tail files, by adding an identifying comment line, e.g.: # this is the head file # this is the base file # this is the tail file 4 - (as root) run resolvconf -u 5 - Again, display the content of /etc/resolv.conf: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN # this is the head file nameserver 127.0.1.1 # this is the tail file Note that the content of the head and tail files has been incorporated, but the content of the base file has not.. 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