[Bug 1029361] [NEW] 'attempts' DNS option has no effect

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Public bug reported:

>From man(8) resolvconf:

       /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail
              File  to  be appended to the dynamically generated resolver con‐
              figuration file.  To append nothing, make this  an  empty  file.
              This  file is a good place to put a resolver options line if one
              is needed, e.g.,

                  options inet6


I tried to stick in some options to influence the behavior when my 12.04 system has no network connectivity:

Looking at man(5) resolv.conf, I added this to
/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail:


options timeout:2 attempts:1


After reloading the network, I can see both of these options in /etc/resolv.conf:

# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106
nameserver 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188
search terena.org
options timeout:2 attempts:1


The configured timeout seems to work, but the 'attempts' doesn't.

Also putting in those values on their own on a single has the same
result: 'timeout' value gets picked up, 'attempts' doesn't.


FYI /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:


# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.87.30.17
        netmask 255.255.255.192
        gateway 192.87.30.1

# IPv6 static address
iface eth0 inet6 static
        address 2001:610:148:dead::666
        netmask 64
        gateway 2001:610:148:dead::1
        autoconf 0
        privext 0
        accept_ra 0
        dns-search terena.org
        dns-domain terena.org
        dns-nameservers 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188

** Affects: resolvconf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  'attempts' DNS option has no effect

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  From man(8) resolvconf:

         /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail
                File  to  be appended to the dynamically generated resolver con‐
                figuration file.  To append nothing, make this  an  empty  file.
                This  file is a good place to put a resolver options line if one
                is needed, e.g.,

                    options inet6

  
  I tried to stick in some options to influence the behavior when my 12.04 system has no network connectivity:

  Looking at man(5) resolv.conf, I added this to
  /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail:

  
  options timeout:2 attempts:1

  
  After reloading the network, I can see both of these options in /etc/resolv.conf:

  # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
  #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
  nameserver 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106
  nameserver 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188
  search terena.org
  options timeout:2 attempts:1

  
  The configured timeout seems to work, but the 'attempts' doesn't.

  Also putting in those values on their own on a single has the same
  result: 'timeout' value gets picked up, 'attempts' doesn't.

  
  FYI /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:

  
  # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
  # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

  # The loopback network interface
  auto lo
  iface lo inet loopback

  # The primary network interface
  auto eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
          address 192.87.30.17
          netmask 255.255.255.192
          gateway 192.87.30.1

  # IPv6 static address
  iface eth0 inet6 static
          address 2001:610:148:dead::666
          netmask 64
          gateway 2001:610:148:dead::1
          autoconf 0
          privext 0
          accept_ra 0
          dns-search terena.org
          dns-domain terena.org
          dns-nameservers 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188

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