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From: bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in
Subject: NetBSD 0.9 - Name resolution ..
Message-ID: <5OCT93.12155195@tifrvax.tifr.res.in>
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 12:15:51 GMT
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1) The default netstart file has a line : route add $hostname localhost.
   The hostname is read from myname (which is setup during installation)
   and is in the form hostname.domainname, so the command fails. I have
   replaced it with -  route add `hostname -s localhost'

2) When i have a resolv.conf in the /etc, the machine does not read the
   /etc/hosts file and is unable to resolve local names. I do not know
   if this is a libresolv problem, but if is, i do not know what hacks
   are required to make resolv+ compile on netbsd.

3) YPbind is unable to find a server on the domain, though there is one
   up and running, serving several other machines, all of which run fine.

4) This is not a strictly name resolution problem: the ICMP responses are
   funny, whenever i ping any other machine (wherever), i get a lot of
   duplicate ICMP packets. When i ping the machine from other machines,
   they get duplicate responses too. Sometimes this is as high as 100%
   duplication or more.

What are the reasons for/solutions to the above problems?

thanx
bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in