should resolver read /etc/hosts?

[Joop Stakenborg <aba@casema.net>]

>From the resolver manual pages I read that a hostname lookup should
use /etc/hosts. My /etc/host.conf has a line like: order hosts,bind.
But programs like nslookup only query the dns server.

What is the correct behaviour? Maybe I missed something here?

Thanks,

Joop
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 Joop Stakenborg PA4TU, ex-PA3ABA 
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