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Re: [PATCH] Custom resolv.conf
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > The attached patch adds a possibility to define a custom resolv.conf with
> > a shell variable (RESOLV_CONF, pretty similar to RESOLV_HOST_CONF).
>
> And you honestly expect that this is enough in terms of motivation for
> the change? Try again.
If you mean when is this useful, then for instance in situations when
you'd like to look up some hostname using the glibc built-in resolver, but
without messing up the config files (think of the network configuration,
where you would like to resolve names before anything is actually
written).
Regards
Michal
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