[Bug 1575644] Re: resolvconf doesn't create the correct /etc/resolv.conf file when static IP addresses are used

[Thomas Hood]

Not dnsmasq but dnsmasq-base is pulled in by ubuntu-desktop.

If you define your interfaces statically using /etc/network/interfaces
then you have to add the nameserver information to
/etc/network/interfaces on lines like "dns-nameserver 1.2.3.4". See
resolvconf(8) for more info.

** Changed in: resolvconf (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  resolvconf doesn't create the correct /etc/resolv.conf file when
  static IP addresses are used

Status in resolvconf package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  By default, when installing ubuntu-desktop (and when installing some
  other packages as well), apt will also install dnsmasq as a
  dependency.  When dnsmask is installed, and static IP addresses are
  used, resolv.conf creates a nearly empty /etc/resolv.conf file.  The
  file only contains entries for localhost and the search domain.  If
  static IP addresses are defined in /etc/network/interfaces, then
  shouldn't those DNS servers should be included in /etc/resolv.conf
  regardless of the presence of dnsmask?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: resolvconf 1.78ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Apr 27 08:34:24 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.3)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: resolvconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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