Debian Bug report logs - #324954
/etc/nsswitch.conf should support mDNS

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: /etc/nsswitch.conf should support mDNS

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:05:55 -0400

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Package: base-files
Version: 3.1.6
Severity: normal

I think it would be nice if Debian could support zeroconf networking by
default for eg, laptops. To make that work, we need nDNS support, which
is supplied by libnss-mdns. However, currently it will not work without
manual editing of /etc/nsswitch.conf. I think we should support that by
default.

I've tested this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf and it seems to work ok with
and without libnss-mdns installed, for looking up hostnames with DNS and
mDNS. So it seems it could just be made the default:

hosts:          files dns mdns

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages base-files depends on:
ii  base-passwd                3.5.10        Debian base system master password
ii  gawk [awk]                 1:3.1.4-2.0.1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
ii  mawk [awk]                 1.3.3-11      a pattern scanning and text proces

base-files recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
see shy jo

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Message #10 received at 324954@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>

To: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

Cc: 324954@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: /etc/nsswitch.conf should support mDNS

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:57:58 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Joey Hess wrote:

> Package: base-files
> Version: 3.1.6
> Severity: normal
> 
> I think it would be nice if Debian could support zeroconf networking by
> default for eg, laptops. To make that work, we need nDNS support, which
> is supplied by libnss-mdns. However, currently it will not work without
> manual editing of /etc/nsswitch.conf. I think we should support that by
> default.
> 
> I've tested this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf and it seems to work ok with
> and without libnss-mdns installed, for looking up hostnames with DNS and
> mDNS. So it seems it could just be made the default:
> 
> hosts:          files dns mdns

Ok, I trust you. Will be done in the next revision.
Sorry for the delay in replying to this.

Message #15 received at 324954-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>

To: 324954-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#324954: fixed in base-files 3.1.8

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:02:05 -0700

Source: base-files
Source-Version: 3.1.8

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
base-files, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

base-files_3.1.8.dsc
  to pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_3.1.8.dsc
base-files_3.1.8.tar.gz
  to pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_3.1.8.tar.gz
base-files_3.1.8_powerpc.deb
  to pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_3.1.8_powerpc.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 324954@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated base-files package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:40:08 +0200
Source: base-files
Binary: base-files
Architecture: source powerpc
Version: 3.1.8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Description: 
 base-files - Debian base system miscellaneous files
Closes: 324954 329682
Changes: 
 base-files (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
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   * Added mdns to hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf to support
     mDNS when available (Closes: #324954). Suggested by Joey Hess.
   * Dropped %h from issue.net, as it's not supported by all telnetd
     daemons and it's not even supported by ssh (Closes: #329682).
     Thanks to Dave Love for the report.
Files: 
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 a2e6c129b9ab74e414f8daa59a4b5bfe 35852 base required base-files_3.1.8.tar.gz
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