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Re: /etc/resolv.conf

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Feb 11 15:38:38 1999

To: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Feb 1999 15:38:12 -0500
In-Reply-To: Erik Nygren's message of Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:58:00 EST

Ok, I've removed /etc/resolv.conf from the named-conf package
in package-list.  I haven't rebuilt the package.

-derek

Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:

> 
> 
> > /etc/resolv.conf is created in /srvd by the building the Athena source
> > tree (on all platforms, not just Linux), so it's no problem to throw
> > it in the named.conf package.  Of course, if the install program is
> > already modified to create a good resolv.conf, then it's just as easy
> > to leave it out.
> 
> Probably better to modify the one that's there...
> We shouldn't assume that machines are named foo.mit.edu
> which I'm guessing the one in the RPM requires.
> 
> 	Erik

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