[Bug 999337] Re: misleading resolvconf(8) discussion r.e. supported network/interfaces dns-* options

[Thomas Hood]

Thanks for reporting this.  Yes, the manpage should be changed so that
it explicitly lists only "nameservers", "search" and "sortlist".  (The
"domain" option is deprecated in favor of "search". The "options" option
belongs in /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base.)

I will make this change to the Debian package, version 1.66.  I will
post the patch here in case the Ubuntu maintainers want to include the
fix before 1.66 gets merged.

** Changed in: resolvconf (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  misleading resolvconf(8) discussion r.e. supported network/interfaces
  dns-* options

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I noticed a minor discrepancy between the resolvconf documentation and
  "reality".

  On the one hand, the resolvconf(8) man page's discussion about the
  /etc/network/interfaces file says:

     For each other valid resolv.conf(5) configuration option,  you  can  include,
     in  the stanza, one line beginning with that option name with a dns- prefix.

  , and the resolv.conf(5) page lists the following configuration
  options: "nameserver", "domain", "search", "sortlist", and "options".

  On the other hand, the /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf file
  actually only includes support for the first four of those
  configuration options -- that is, support for the "options" option is
  not included.

  (The resolvconf(8) and 000resolvconf files I'm looking at come from
  resolvconf 1.63ubuntu11 (Precise).)

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