[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#514411: Bug#514411: resolvconf breaks all network operations

[Richard Kettlewell]

Thomas Hood wrote:
>> iface eth0 inet static
>>  address 172.17.207.12
>>  gateway 172.17.207.1
>>  netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> 
> I'll assume that interface eth0 is configured using the "ifup" command.
> 
> Add this line to the "iface eth0" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces
> 
>    dns-nameservers 172.17.207.1 172.17.207.18
> 
> Then do, as root:
> 
>   ifdown eth0
>   ifup eth0
> 
> Then your resolv.conf file should be correct.  Please read
> resolvconf(8) and the README file in/usr/share/doc/resolvconf  for
> background information.

Why on earth would I want to do that?  /etc/resolv.conf has been a 
perfectly fine way of statically configuring name servers for the last 
few decades.

resolvconf should quite simply not modify /etc/resolv.conf if it doesn't 
know the right thing to put there.  Then this sort of problem would 
never arise.

As I said, I didn't even ask to install it.  I don't see why I should 
jump through extra nonstandard hoops just because its author can't be 
bothered with some simple sanity checks.

ttfn/rjk