Bug#35731: libc6: reorder on in /etc/host.conf does not work
>>>>> Jean Charles Delepine writes:
Jean> clameter@debian.org writes:
>> Package: libc6
>> Version: 2.1.1-0.1
>>
>> /etc/host.conf contains
Jean> /etc/host.conf is a libc5 config file. Programs links with the libc6
Jean> don't use it any more.
Jean Charles,
the information you give is correct for glibc 2.0 but not for glibc
2.1. glibc 2.1 handles the host.conf file (see resolv/res_hconf.c)
and has handling for reorder implemented (which might be - according
to this report - broken).
Andreas
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