* Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> [2009-05-14 08:59:58 +0300]: > Maybe this NEWS entry? > > ,----[ /usr/share/doc/libc6/NEWS.Debian ] > | glibc (2.9-8) unstable; urgency=low > | > | Starting with version 2.9-8, unified IPv4/IPv6 lookup have been enabled > | in the glibc's resolver. This is faster, fixes numerous of bugs, but is > | problematic on some broken DNS servers and/or wrongly configured > | firewalls. > | > | If such a DNS server is detected, the resolver switches (permanently > | for that process) to a mode where the second request is sent only when > | the first answer has been received. This means the first request will > | be timeout, but subsequent requests should be fast again. This > | behaviour can be enabled permanently by adding 'single-request' to > | /etc/resolv.conf. > | > | -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:14:32 +0200 > `---- Hmm, no joy there, my other OS is a hybrid Lenny/Sid running libc6-2.9-12 For grins, I manually installed the resolvconf package, edited /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail to include the line 'single-request', so now my /etc/resolv.conf reads: nameserver 192.168.1.1 single-request across boots. Still same behavior. Oddly, all links work from the BBC rss feed on the iceweasel stock install. -- Cheers
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