[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#919243: resolvconf: man page missing important /etc/resolv.conf.d/ information

[Pedro Ribeiro]

Package: resolvconf
Version: 1.79
Severity: important

The man page of resolvconf is missing important information regarding
/etc/resolv.conf.d/

It appears the man page from other OS contains information about these
directories:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/128223

   /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base
          File  containing  basic  resolver  information.  The lines in this
          file are included in the resolver configuration file even when no
          interfaces are configured.

   /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head
          File to be prepended to the dynamically generated resolver
          configuration file.  Normally this is just a comment line.

   /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail
          File to be appended to the dynamically generated resolver
          configuration file.  To append nothing, make this  an  empty
          file.   This file is a good place to put a resolver options line
          if one is needed, e.g.,

              options inet6

This is very useful information for configuration, can you please add it to the
man page?

Thanks!



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.18.20-grsec-botto+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages resolvconf depends on:
ii  cdebconf [debconf-2.0]  0.227
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.61
ii  ifupdown                0.8.19
ii  init-system-helpers     1.48
ii  lsb-base                9.20161125

resolvconf recommends no packages.

resolvconf suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head changed [not included]

-- debconf information excluded