How to get the systemd resolver to resolve local (i.e. unqalified) names?

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 5:38 AM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 11:24:52AM +0200, Xen wrote:
>>
>> getent hosts
>
>     root at t470:/etc/systemd# getent hosts esprimo
>     192.168.1.3     esprimo.zbmc.eu
>
> I.e. using getent works as I want!  However:-
>
>     root at t470:/etc/systemd# host esprimo
>     Host esprimo not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

IIRC, you have

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns

1) if you use

hosts: files dns

does "getent ..." still work?

1) if you use

hosts: files resolve dns

does "host ..." work?