avahi question - host.local not working

[Tom H]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
>
> In order to use Multicast DNS for name resolution (i.e. .local names)
> you need to have:
>
> - libnss-mdns package installed
> - mdns4 listed for hosts in /etc/nsswitch.conf (AFAIU this is done
>   automatically when you install libnss-mdns)

You're right. The second's done by the postinst of the first
("mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]" is added to the "hosts" line
between "files" and "dns".