Martin Schulze writes ("Re: Packaging Harvest cached"):
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> They put the code in to test the DNS. If DNS is broken it doesn't make
> much sense running cached. Unfortunately this only works for
> internet-connected sites.
Is it really the place of a random package to test the system's DNS ?
Lots of programs won't work properly if the DNS is broken, and they
don't all insist that the user is permanently connected to the global
Internet ...
Ian.