--- glibc-2.3/resolv/res_init.c.orig	2004-08-18 13:33:37.000000000 +0200
+++ glibc-2.3/resolv/res_init.c	2004-09-10 13:21:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
 
 #include <not-cancel.h>
 
+#define ENV_RESOLVCONF	"RESOLV_CONF"
+
 /* Options.  Should all be left alone. */
 #define RESOLVSORT
 #define RFC1535
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@
 int
 __res_vinit(res_state statp, int preinit) {
 	register FILE *fp;
+	const char *rconf_name;
 	register char *cp, **pp;
 	register int n;
 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
@@ -240,7 +243,11 @@
 	(line[sizeof(name) - 1] == ' ' || \
 	 line[sizeof(name) - 1] == '\t'))
 
-	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_RESCONF, "rc")) != NULL) {
+	rconf_name = getenv (ENV_RESOLVCONF);
+	if (rconf_name == NULL)
+	    rconf_name = _PATH_RESCONF;
+
+	if ((fp = fopen(rconf_name, "rc")) != NULL) {
 		/* No threads use this stream.  */
 		__fsetlocking (fp, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
 	    /* read the config file */
--- glibc-2.3/ChangeLog.orig	2004-08-23 09:35:30.000000000 +0200
+++ glibc-2.3/ChangeLog	2004-09-10 13:25:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+2004-09-10  Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz>
+
+	* resolv/res_init.c: possibility to define a custom RESOLV_CONF via
+	environment variable (analogically to RESOLV_HOST_CONF)
+