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FS#10759 - Firefox 3 and kazehakase do not function without nss-mdns

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Skottish (skottish) - Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 21:16 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 22:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Firefox 3 and kazehakase do not function without nss-mdns. There is no DNS resolution with out. I think that it should be a dependency.

Steps to reproduce:

Remove nss-mdns and launch your browser.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 22:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 22:32 GMT
nss-mdns is a pluggable nsswitch module for glibc. This module doesn't do anything, unless you configure nsswitch.conf to use it. Since installing this makes difference on your system, your system has been configured to use it. Leaving it out on your system breaks DNS resolving for applications on your system, but not on other systems who don't have nss-mdns configured in their nsswitch.conf. My systems work fine without this package installed, so this is not a bug.

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