[gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Iain Buchanan]

Since my recent upgrade of glibc from glibc-2.3.6-r2 (Jan 18) to
glibc-2.3.6-r3 (Feb 21) I'm getting this error when starting emacs and
doing various other things:

etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

according to equery /etc/host.conf belongs to glibc.  I've rebooted, but
the behaviour is still there.

Any ideas?

thanks,
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I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem.
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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Dave Nebinger]

Iain Buchanan wrote:
> 
> etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'
> 
> Any ideas?

How about removing line 24?  Or couldn't you think of that on your own?

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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Francesco Riosa]

>
> How about removing line 24?  Or couldn't you think of that on your own?
>
and you could not think that this kind of answer is _wrong_ under every
corner you could look at it ?
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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Dave Nebinger]

Francesco Riosa wrote:
>> How about removing line 24?  Or couldn't you think of that on your own?
>>
> and you could not think that this kind of answer is _wrong_ under every
> corner you could look at it ?

How about because that is set from the default installation and that 95% 
of the folks on this list couldn't even tell you what it is for and when 
it is appropriate to change the setting?

How about the high probability that this person is not running their own 
DNS and is using /etc/hosts for local name resolution?

Or how about the fact that glibc 2.3.6-r3 (as 2.3.6 in general) is 
masked in Portage indicating that you should expect problems if you're 
going to build your box on an unstable version of glibc?

Sure it is not the answer for someone running their own DNS (which I do) 
and has their .local zone defined (as I do), and in this case it might 
actually be a bug (which is probable since that version of glibc is 
still masked).

But without the OP specifying that he *was* running his own DNS and 
*had* his .local zone set up and *was known* to be able to handle a base 
system running from masked glibc, you can't assume that he's even 
slightly qualified to diagnose and resolve this issue.

So the simple answer of removing the line is probably the right one for him.




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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Rumen Yotov]

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Hi,
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 18:47, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> Francesco Riosa wrote:
> >> How about removing line 24?  Or couldn't you think of that on your own?
> >
> > and you could not think that this kind of answer is _wrong_ under every
> > corner you could look at it ?
>
> How about because that is set from the default installation and that 95%
> of the folks on this list couldn't even tell you what it is for and when
> it is appropriate to change the setting?
>
> How about the high probability that this person is not running their own
> DNS and is using /etc/hosts for local name resolution?
>
> Or how about the fact that glibc 2.3.6-r3 (as 2.3.6 in general) is
> masked in Portage indicating that you should expect problems if you're
> going to build your box on an unstable version of glibc?
>
Please don't scare me, it's in testing (not masked). At least 2.3.6-r2|3.
->*2.3.6 *2.3.6-r1 ~2.3.6-r2 ~2.3.6-r3
...SKIP...
Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Dave Nebinger]

Rumen Yotov wrote:
>>
>> Or how about the fact that glibc 2.3.6-r3 (as 2.3.6 in general) is
>> masked in Portage indicating that you should expect problems if you're
>> going to build your box on an unstable version of glibc?
>>
> Please don't scare me, it's in testing (not masked). At least 2.3.6-r2|3.
> ->*2.3.6 *2.3.6-r1 ~2.3.6-r2 ~2.3.6-r3

In testing, yes, but it is still (soft) masked.

Glibc is the core of the system; if there is *any* package you *don't* 
install unless it is unmasked entirely, it would be glibc.

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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Iain Buchanan]

wooooah horsey, whoah!

OK...

1. I could have deleted the line by myself, but I didn't because I've
never touched /etc/host.conf so far, and because it belonged to glibc, I
didn't want to stuff around with it.  My system is working, even though
I get this "error" message, so I left it as is until I was sure.

2. Yes I am running an unstable system (~x86), and that includes glibc,
gcc, kernels, and every other package I have installed.  I am aware that
from time to time this may cause problems, but I do it for two reasons:
 a) I like to help as much as I can in detecting and reporting bugs
before they make it to x86 (or other archs), because even though I'm
employed as one, I'm not much of a programmer :P
 b) I like having new features and fixes sooner rather than later.

3. Thanks for the comments, especially from Rumen quoting the einfo
lines - I only have warnings mailed to me so I missed that one.

4. I think I will file a bug - IMHO there should have been a
new /etc/host.conf, which would have then been labelled ._cfg_host.conf
(or whatever) and I would have resolved the problem myself.  If it got
me worried, it's going to get a lot more people worried when it hits
x86.

cya,
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... though his invention worked superbly -- his theory was a crock of sewage
from beginning to end.
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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[W.Kenworthy]

not only that, but this error has been there for many months, no matter
what version of glibc you use.  It doesnt seem to cause any problems on
my systems, but if the line is erroring off, it means that you are using
MDNS by default (or so it seems), so commenting the line is status quo.

Has there been a specific bug actually raised on this so far - or is
anyone raising a bug on this?  If not I will in an hour or so.

BillK

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 08:39 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> wooooah horsey, whoah!
> 
> OK...
> 
> 1. I could have deleted the line by myself, but I didn't because I've
> never touched /etc/host.conf so far, and because it belonged to glibc, I
> didn't want to stuff around with it.  My system is working, even though
> I get this "error" message, so I left it as is until I was sure.
> 
> 2. Yes I am running an unstable system (~x86), and that includes glibc,
> gcc, kernels, and every other package I have installed.  I am aware that
> from time to time this may cause problems, but I do it for two reasons:
>  a) I like to help as much as I can in detecting and reporting bugs
> before they make it to x86 (or other archs), because even though I'm
> employed as one, I'm not much of a programmer :P
>  b) I like having new features and fixes sooner rather than later.
> 
> 3. Thanks for the comments, especially from Rumen quoting the einfo
> lines - I only have warnings mailed to me so I missed that one.
> 
> 4. I think I will file a bug - IMHO there should have been a
> new /etc/host.conf, which would have then been labelled ._cfg_host.conf
> (or whatever) and I would have resolved the problem myself.  If it got
> me worried, it's going to get a lot more people worried when it hits
> x86.
> 
> cya,
> -- 
> Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au>
> 
> ... though his invention worked superbly -- his theory was a crock of sewage
> from beginning to end.
> 		-- Vernor Vinge, "The Peace War"
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Francesco Riosa]

Iain Buchanan wrote:
> Since my recent upgrade of glibc from glibc-2.3.6-r2 (Jan 18) to
> glibc-2.3.6-r3 (Feb 21) I'm getting this error when starting emacs and
> doing various other things:
>
> etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'
>
> according to equery /etc/host.conf belongs to glibc.  I've rebooted, but
> the behaviour is still there.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks,
>   

I could found anything related to this in the ChangeLog, please report a
bug (check for dupe before)

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Re: [gentoo-user] etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'

[Rumen Yotov]

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On Tuesday 21 February 2006 17:59, Francesco Riosa wrote:
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > Since my recent upgrade of glibc from glibc-2.3.6-r2 (Jan 18) to
> > glibc-2.3.6-r3 (Feb 21) I'm getting this error when starting emacs and
> > doing various other things:
> >
> > etc/host.conf: line 24: bad command `mdns off'
> >
> > according to equery /etc/host.conf belongs to glibc.  I've rebooted, but
> > the behaviour is still there.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > thanks,
>
> I could found anything related to this in the ChangeLog, please report a
> bug (check for dupe before)
Hi,
Don't know if this will help, but here'e the enotice from my glibc-2.3.6-r3:
...BEGIN...
info:Building GLIBC with NPTL...
info:Installing GLIBC default with NPTL ...
info:Installing info pages...
info:userlocales not enabled, installing -ALL- locales...
info:Installing man pages...
info:Gentoo's glibc now disables multicast dns by default in our
info:example host.conf. To re-enable this functionality, simply
info:remove the line that disables it (mdns off).
...END...
HTH.Rumen

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