Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Why is Gentoo so slow when internet is out?

[Alexander Kirillov]

>>>>>The local resolver lib will use either /etc/hosts file or dns queries in
>>>>>the order defined in your /etc/host.conf
>>>>
>>>>You mean /etc/nsswitch.conf?
>>>
>>>I probably do. Is /etc/host.conf still of any use?
>>
>>Actually, I'm not sure.  I've always edited nsswitch.conf to get it to
>>do what I want, with good results.
>>
>>I see with strace that when I ping <somehost>, both nsswitch.conf and
>>host.conf are opened.  The man pages don't reveal anything about their
>>relationship, so I guess I'll have to take a look at the glibc sources
>>tonight.
>
> As close as I can tell from reading the code (which is to say, I am
> making an only slightly educated guess), the 'order' keyword in
> host.conf is pretty much ignored by current glibc versions.  Host.conf
> is only consulted by the libnss_files.so module, and then only for the
> 'multi' option.  The order in nsswitch.conf is authoritative.
>
> This seems to be confirmed by a few "strace ping" attempts with
> various configurations.

Thanks Rich,
I also was curious and spent some time googling
and reading man pages (without success) but didn't go that far:)
Sasha

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