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Bug#412249: please install resolvconf by default



> Unfortunately, adding good DNS via network-admin doesn't archieve the same
> effect, because dhclient will overwrite /etc/resolv.conf whenever 
> it's run
the most obvious question would be why doesn't network-admin know this and do something about it?

>,
> which is going to be quite often if you happen to run 
> network-manager (also
> enabled by default).  This means Joe had to reload his DNS every 
> 10 minutes
> untill his friend Robert could debug the problem and figure out 
> that resolvconf
> was needed.
what exactly does resolvconf do? does installing it alter the behaviour of the dhcp client or will they just fight over resolv.conf?




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