Re: apt ignoring nsswitch.conf order for host names resolution
On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 01:27:55PM +0100, Bogdan Veringioiu wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> +++ Problem:
>
> apt is always querying the dns server for name resolution when doing
> "apt-get update" regardless of the content of /etc/nsswitch.conf. The dns
> server is not connected to internet and this is causing the apt to wait ~20
> seconds for dns to timeout. This should not happen, becuase the apt
> repository host (bootserv) is defined in /etc/hosts.
Only bootserv is defined in hosts, but APT also queries SRV records for
_http._tcp.bootserv. I suggest you configure your machines to not point
to unavailable DNS servers or something, or set Acquire::EnableSrvRecords
to false.
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