Re: /etc/resolvconf.conf works differently now

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 27/03/2012 21:16, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Roy Marples wrote:
>
> > On 27/03/2012 6:42, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> > > I had "nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx;" and now it wants
> > > "nameserver=xx.xx.xx.xx".
> > > Just something I ran across today and wasted some time on. Maybe we
> > > should have been given a HEADS-UP?
> >
> > Are you confusing resolvconf.conf(5) with resolv.conf(5)?
> > I recently updated resolvconf(8), but the format of either file 
> > hasn't changed.
>
> resolv.conf is being generated by resolvconf (which, I understand, 
> uses
> resolvconf.conf). As of yesterday afternoon, the nameserver line is
> missing and the machine can't get out. After checking the man pages, 
> I
> saw that the nameserver line in resolvconf.conf was of the wrong 
> format
> (not sure when that happened) and changing it fixed resolv.conf.
>
> Am I confused? Yes. Did confuse resolvconf.conf and resolv.conf? No.

I think the error was with a default value generating resolv.conf from 
resolvconf(8).
I've imported openresolv-3.5.1 which should fix this issue.

Thanks

Roy