FS#54875 - [filesystem] order option in host.conf

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 15:10 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Sunday, 10 December 2017, 16:05 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

It appears the "order" line in host.conf is no longer necessary or even functional. From man 5 host.conf:

Historical
The nsswitch.conf(5) file is the modern way of controlling the order of host lookups.

In glibc 2.4 and earlier, the following keyword is recognized:

order This keyword specifies how host lookups are to be performed. It should be followed
by one or more lookup methods, separated by commas. Valid methods are bind, hosts,
and nis.
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 16:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  filesystem 2017.10-2
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 23:53 GMT
Now in trunk. A test package is available here: http://pkgbuild.com/~seblu/filesystem-2017.08-0.3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.

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