openresolv-discuss

Ok. resolvconf.conf is missing on my system. tail is also missing. base and
head are ordinary files, not symlinks. I can use resolvconf.conf, head or
maybe tail. It's a pity Ubuntu or Debian have broken it. I don't see any
documentation about this.

Thanks very much Roy



On 8 January 2018 at 17:48, Roy Marples <roy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Brendan
>
> On 08/01/2018 17:23, brendan kehoe wrote:
>
>> I am using openresolv 3.7.2-1 in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus).
>> Modifying /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head and running resolvconf -u
>> updates /etc/resolv.conf but modifying /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base
>> and running resolvconf -u does not > update /etc/resolv.conf. Why is this?
>> Is it not recommended to modify
>>
> base?
>
> Ubuntu/Debian must patch it then or supply symlinks to alternative
> head/tail locations because base is only parsed when resolvconf.conf is not
> present which it is these days by default.
>
> You can set your "base" values in resolvconf.conf instead. See man
> resolvconf.conf(5) for details.
>
>
> Roy
>