[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#797652: resolvconf: add possibility to disable resolvconf

[Tony den Haan]

Package: resolvconf
Version: 1.76.1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

could it be possible to add an option, perhaps in /etc/default/resolvconf or something, to simply disable resolvconf?
in many cases it just causes confusion

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-586
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages resolvconf depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  ifupdown               0.7.53.1
ii  init-system-helpers    1.23
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-59
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian13+nmu1

resolvconf recommends no packages.

resolvconf suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/resolvconf/update.d/dnscache 981435dcc6f7b53a9fa7a0bdfbdaf5e0 [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/etc/resolvconf/update.d/dnscache 981435dcc6f7b53a9fa7a0bdfbdaf5e0'

-- debconf information excluded