[Bug 1043335] Re: /etc/network/interfaces new requirement for dns-nameservers line is not well documented

[Thomas Hood]

This was requested in Debian bug #388454 and rejected by the Debian
maintainer.

However, as resolvconf is now a standard part of Ubuntu there is a
pretty good reason at least to mention the dns-* options, or
resolvconf(8), in interfaces(5).

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Title:
  /etc/network/interfaces new requirement for dns-nameservers line is
  not well documented

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  On one machine I have a static (LAN) IP address configured manually in
  /etc/network/interfaces, and I have not had to modify that file for
  several years.  Immediately after upgrading to precise, the machine
  had no DNS, and I eventually discovered that I needed to add a dns-
  nameservers line to the "iface eth0 inet static" stanza.  This is not
  documented in "man interfaces" and the fix was hard to find.  I think
  it should be better documented, and the upgrade process should
  probably suggest it.

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