>and the resolver will automagically begin adding parts of the domain name
>beyond the unresolved point, i.e.
>
>	TRY	bar.foo.	...FAIL
>	TRY	bar.foo.baz.	...FAIL
>	TRY	bar.foo.baz.quux.	...OK
>
>Why is this now broken?

Well, do you have a search list?  That is, in /etc/resolv.conf:
search baz.quux foo.baz
so the search should happen as
	bar.foo.
	bar.foo.baz.quux
	bar.foo.foo.baz
?

--Michael

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