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Re: [bug] nss resolver code doesn't stop at files lookup
Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
> Note, this doesn't neccesarily have to do with IPv6, per se. It has to do
> with getaddrinfo failing completely, if any of it's DNS attempts fail for
> something other than "notfound" (like unreachable, connection refused,
> etc...). To try this test case, either put nothing in /etc/resolv.conf, or
> put a nameserver IP that is not actually running bind (connection
> refused).
The change I made yesterday probably fixes this case. Timeouts are
handled gracefully. Give it a try.
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