Bug#266817: Please Suggest resolvconf

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:29:58 +0200,
Thomas Hood wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 02:01, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > I think "resolvconf restarts nscd" does not provide the appropriate
> > reason which makes nscd suggesting resolvconf.
> 
> Resolvconf doesn't just restart nscd.  Resolvconf restarts nscd
> when nscd _needs_ to be restarted because /etc/resolv.conf has
> changed.  A number of wishes were filed against nscd asking, in
> effect, for this feature (#48976, #60771, #69256, #206459, #252251).

I still have question for resolvconf because I think "resolvconf is
_not_ only one package which wants to restart nscd".  Your idea is
resolvconf manages /etc/resolv.conf; however this does not mean that
nscd wants to be managed by resolvconf.

  (1) Are there any packages that provide resolvconf functionality?

  (2) This problem should be occured on other distributions.  Do you
      know how to manage them?

  (3) If PPP package restarts /etc/resolv.conf after rewriting them,
      the problem should be gone.  Why should nscd suggest only
      resolvconf instead of them?  My concern is this point.  I don't
      expect the situation that people would like to add other
      packages (like resolvconf) which restart nscd.

  (4) Is nscd only "suggest: resolvconf" package?  If so, why?

  (5) IIRC, this issue was raised on debian-devel lists.  Did many
      people agree with this resolvconf framework?

Regards,
-- gotom