Thanks @jdthood ! I figured there could be some arcane reason why the symlink check would be there on Ubuntu but not Debian, but I couldn't fathom why after reading through the entire hook.
Also, thanks for cleaning up the report! :D -- 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/1385010 Title: Unexpected behavior: make_resolv_conf is not undefined if /etc/resolv.conf is not a symlink Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The resolvconf package comes with /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter- hooks.d/resolvconf which, if /sbin/resolvconf is present, redefines the make_resolv_conf function (previously defined by dhclient-script) to send nameserver information to resolvconf instead of writing it directly to /etc/resolv.conf. However, the hook also checks if /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink. This is problematic because if /etc/resolv.conf is not a symlink then the script does not redefine make_resolv_conf() and so dhclient will overwrite /etc/resolv.conf when it configures an interface, even though the resolvconf package is installed. The behavior I would expect would be /etc/resolv.conf never changing if resolvconf is installed and /etc/resolv.conf is not a symlink. Debian implements the behavior I would expect. At the very least, I think that the different behavior in Ubuntu should be documented in the man pages for resolvconf. As far as I can tell, there's no reason to check for /etc/resolv.conf being a symlink when resolvconf itself already does that. The patch was introduced by: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- branches/ubuntu/trusty/resolvconf/trusty/revision/32/etc/dhcp /dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolvconf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1385010/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
