Bug#343140: libc6: resolver always checks search list in /etc/resolv.conf
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 06:08:04PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> I find this reasoning very peculiar. If an algorithm is inefficient and
> this causes problems then it is obviously buggy.
An algorithm is buggy if it does not match the specification. I see no
description about the lookup order wrt. multiple protocols, so the
behaviour is conformant to the documentation.
Also note that resolv.conf(5) explicitely says that using search lines
"may be slow and will generate a lot of network traffic if the
servers for the listed domains are not local, and that queries will time
out if no server is available for one of the domains."
Gabor
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