name resolution

[Tom H]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
>
> I just think it's another bad choice and it happens to have been pushed by
> mr. SystemD himself.
>
> Yes, Lennart Poettering also maintains the Avahi packages.
>
> It's the same kind of "Your opinions don't matter" approach that we see
> everywhere else.
>
> He writes:
>
> " Please note: The line above makes nss-mdns authoritative for the
> .local domain. If you have a unicast DNS domain with the same name you
> will no longer be able to resolve hosts from it. mDNS and a unicast
> DNS domain named .local are inherently incompatible. Please contact
> your local admistrator and ask him to move to a different domain name
> since .local is to be used exclusively for Zeroconf technology.
> [26]Further information."
>
> "is to be used"
>
> Because they decide that.
>
> This encroachment on personal liberty goes on everywhere.

It was an Apple decision not Lennart one.