Bug#806386: pbuilder: No more updates /etc/resolv.conf inside the chroot, hence no more DNS inside chroot after network change

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 01:41:42AM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> That means, resolv.conf may be empty,
> the Solaris/GNU nsswitch must use files, may skip dns, but
> /etc/hosts in the chroot probably needs two lines:
> 
> 127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname -f) $(hostname -s)
> ::1 localhost $(hostname -f) $(hostname -s)

currently /etc/hosts is one of the files copied from the host at every
invocation.

Do you think we should mangle or otherwise forge it instead?

IMHO just emptying /etc/resolv.conf is enough here, isn't it?

> Unfortunately, the intrinsics of several of the Solaris/GNU
> things we don’t use in the BSD world (nsswitch, PAM, etc.)
> are beyond the set of skills I’m good at, so I cannot give
> definite advice. Best to ask others in addition.

I don't think this is making that situation worse, so I'm not
insterested in it ATM; of course I'm happy to hear improvments for
these.

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