Bug#342832: qa.debian.org: resolver in etch+ requires . suffix

[alex bodnaru <alexbodn@012.net.il>]

Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: normal

i'm sorry i can't point you to the specific package.
as debian maintainer (postgis, openev), i have several 
uml machines with woody distributions and newer, all 
getting their dhcp addresses with bind updates from 
the host.
on one hand, woody and sarge machines can resolv the 
address of the host, but the host does not resolv the 
uml address at all.
on the other hand, etch and sid can resolv the host 
only if i sufix the host name with `.', but the host 
can resolv the uml address.
as i can't be sure this is uml specific problem, i am 
reporting this problem out of concern of probably 
discontinued functionality of accessing hosts without 
the `.' sufix.

willing to help,

alex

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-686-smp-skas3-v7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)