Re: bin/48379: resolv.conf symlink changes not picked up by resolver

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/48379; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/48379: resolv.conf symlink changes not picked up by resolver
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:34:42 +0100

 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 05:30:00PM +0000, abs%absd.org@localhost wrote:
 > >Synopsis:       resolv.conf symlink changes not picked up by resolver
 
 I don't think it is reasonable to expect that to work.
 The system would have to monitor not only the symlink, but e.g. all
 directories involved. Consider
 
 /etc/resolv.conf -> /a/b
 
 and someone renames a. This is a classic case of "Don't do this" for
 me...
 
 Joerg