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Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf



On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 22:40, Simon Hürlimann wrote:
> I'd prefer update-resolv like
>  update-alternatives             update-initrd
>  update-catalog                  update-ispell-dictionary
>  update-default-aspell           update-menus
>  update-default-ispell           update-mime
> to name just a few.

Resolvconf isn't really comparable to the update-* utilities.
Unlike them, resolvconf takes information on its standard input.
And unlike them, it run during "normal" use of the machine, not
at administration time.  The update-* programs usually modify
files in /etc/, whereas one of the reasons for creating
resolvconf is to avoid modifying files in /etc/.

--
Thomas Hood



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