Bug#1055415: Wrong order for the `resolve' option in nsswitch.conf

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 21:59:29 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 20:41:44 +0100 Sylvain Garrigues 
> <sylvain at sylvaingarrigues.com> wrote:
> > Le dimanche 5 novembre 2023, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> a
écrit :
> > 
> > >
> > > See
https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/merge_requests/162
> > >
> > >
> > This is indeed related. Yet the changes (as of today) do not seem
to fix
> > the order for `resolve'. This merge request seems to be waiting for
a
> > consensus before it can make progress.
> 
> Indeed, we don't have a consensus yet what the correct ordering is,
if 
> there is such a thing.
> As for myself, I don't have a strong opinion.
> 
> Aspects to consider:
> - systemd upstream recommendations
> - seeing how other distros are doing it
> - our status quo (which sort of works in the absence of bug reports)
> 
> Given all involved packages, another problem is the order in which 
> packages are installed. I fear, we can't solve this with the current 
> setup/infrastructure, where every package on its own mangles 
> /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> We'd need something like Gioele's idea for dh-nss v2, where 
> /etc/resolv.conf is compiled from a list of config files that are 
> provided by packages shipping NSS modules.
> 
> Gioele has a much more intimate grasp on this matter, so I've CCed
him.

I don't think anybody else here has the required knowledge to provide
any more info than we already have. Gioele could you please make a
recommendation and update the MR so that we can do something, one way
or the other?

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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