[Bug 999337] Re: resolvconf(8): misleading description of dns-* options

[Thomas Hood]

Nathan and I have come up with an improved version of the man page.  I
attach it here in case the Ubuntu maintainers want to include it without
having to wait for the new Debian package to appear.  The attached file
is the man page for the Debian package, so it still needs to be patched
for Ubuntu, e.g., to replace references to
"/etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf" to "/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf".

** Attachment added: "new manpage"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/999337/+attachment/3167475/+files/resolvconf_20120528th1.8

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Title:
  resolvconf(8): misleading description of dns-* options

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  I noticed a minor discrepancy between the resolvconf documentation and
  "reality".

  On the one hand, the resolvconf(8) man page's discussion about the
  /etc/network/interfaces file says:

     For each other valid resolv.conf(5) configuration option,  you  can  include,
     in  the stanza, one line beginning with that option name with a dns- prefix.

  , and the resolv.conf(5) page lists the following configuration
  options: "nameserver", "domain", "search", "sortlist", and "options".

  On the other hand, the /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf file
  actually only includes support for the first four of those
  configuration options -- that is, support for the "options" option is
  not included.

  (The resolvconf(8) and 000resolvconf files I'm looking at come from
  resolvconf 1.63ubuntu11 (Precise).)

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