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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Unnecessary DNS queries in Konqueror (second part of BR#88855)
From:       Matthias Welwarsky <matze () stud ! fbi ! fh-darmstadt ! de>
Date:       2004-10-11 10:41:54
Message-ID: 200410111241.54686.matze () stud ! fbi ! fh-darmstadt ! de
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On Monday 11 October 2004 06:48, Dawit A. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any reason why we do a DNS query even when the host is listed in
> the /etc/hosts file ?  We even do a lookup for "localhost" !!! Why ? This
> was really a surprise to me, but tcpdump confirms that it does indeed
> happen. Thiago any comments on this ?

Doesn't this largely depend on the content of /etc/nsswitch.conf?

regards,
 matthias
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