[arch-general] /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/resolc.conf.tail

RedShift redshift at pandora.be
Thu Jul 3 14:08:41 EDT 2008


timetrap wrote:
> dhcpcd is fine. But this is a patch for dhclient. Which is a totally 
> different dhcp client.
> 
> When I installed wicd, dhclient was a dependency, if you want to use 
> wicd, you need to use dhclient. If you want to have multiple search 
> domains with dhclient (through wicd), you need to edit your 
> /etc/resolv.conf and append those search domains.
> 
> Rather than edit by hand, or run an external script. Why not just patch 
> the dhclient-script?
> 
> So yes, something like this SHOULD be unecessairy. But it isn't.
> 
> 

Oops. Didn't notice it was for dhclient. Anyways, dhclient-script is provided by upstream, so either apply your patch everytime the package is upgraded or build your own dhclient package.

Glenn






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