Re: woody unusable for dial on demand because of exim/libc6 bug
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 06:28:31AM +0100, Steffen Evers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 22:49, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 04:44:28AM +0100, Steffen Evers wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I have noticed a bad behavior of exim or something exim calls several
> > > month ago and it still seems to exist:
> >
> > exim, like other programs, supports ipv6, which is done via a libc
> > function that does several layers of lookups. This is not a bug in
> > libc6, nor exim. It's just the way things work (same with telnet, etc.).
> >
> > You can get around it by setting up a local DNS server.
>
> So, anyone who wants to use email on Debian is supposed to have a DNS
> server in reach in order to tell exim that there is NO valid DNS entry
> for your localhost?
> Come on, this can not be the proper way to handle it.
> Setting up a local DNS server is a good workaround, but not a proper
> solution for all Debian users.
No, I am saying that with your setup, you need to use a local DNS
server. Otherwise, you need to have ppp-up.d and ppp-down.d swap out a
resolve.conf for when you are dialed up or not.
Ben
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