Ronald Khoo wrote:
 
> Actually, I don't use /etc/hosts at all.  My problem is not with
> the conflict between /etc/hosts and DNS, but with the search order
> within the DNS.  At the moment it is
> 
>         broccoli.chersonese.com.        AAAA
>         broccoli.                       AAAA
>         broccoli.chersonese.com.        A
>         broccoli.                       A
> 
> Searching for the second one of those entries causes my phone to dial.

How about an extra option for 'options' in /etc/resolv.conf that 
knocks the TLD lookup on the head?

Useful for dial-on-demand systems (as yours is).

- ad