On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:30:43AM -0400, Mark Kamichoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 08:55:51AM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > Perhaps one of the recent libc upgrades have changed the default for > > 'ndots' ? > > > > If so, according to a quick scan of the resolv.conf(5) manual page you > > should be able add this to /etc/resolv.conf to get your old behaviour > > back: > > > > options ndots:3 > > I thought of ndots but I figured surely default wouldn't change.. silly > me! This was indeed the culprit. > > If the change is in libc, it appears to be between 2.19-4 and 2.19-7. > > http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/g/glibc/glibc_2.19-11_changelog > > .. doesn't seem to indicate any resolver / DNS changes between those > versions, though. I'll continue to research. I took a peek at the source for glibc-2.19. My addition of ndots:3 shouldn't have worked since the default is ndots:4. (destiny:10:56)% grep ndots resolv/resolv.h unsigned ndots:4; /* threshold for initial abs. query */ More research needed ... - Mark -- Mark Kamichoff prox@prolixium.com http://www.prolixium.com/
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