avahi question - host.local not working

[Colin Law]

On 14 October 2014 14:04, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 01:25:25PM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 14 October 2014 12:54, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
>> > In order to use Multicast DNS for name resolution (i.e. .local names)
>> > you need to have:
>> >
>> > - libnss-mdns package installed
>> > - mdns4 listed for hosts in /etc/nsswitch.conf (AFAIU this is done
>> >   automatically when you install libnss-mdns)
>>
>> Excellent, thanks.  libnss-mdns was not installed.  Having installed
>> it .local name resolution works.  So the next question is whether it
>> should be installed in Ubuntu Mate by default.  I don't know whether it is
>> installed by default in Ubuntu 14.10.
>
> It is pulled in by ubuntu-desktop on 14.04 (via Recommends).

OK, thanks.  I have updated the bug. Now someone can decide whether it
should be pulled in for Ubuntu Mate.

Cheers

Colin