name resolution

[Joel Rees]

2017/11/24 6:34 "Tom H" <tomh0665 at gmail.com>:
>
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> >
> > I just think it's another bad choice and it happens to have been pushed
by
> > mr. SystemD himself.
> >
> > Yes, Lennart Poettering also maintains the Avahi packages.
> >
> > It's the same kind of "Your opinions don't matter" approach that we see
> > everywhere else.
> >
> > He writes:
> >
> > " Please note: The line above makes nss-mdns authoritative for the
> > .local domain. If you have a unicast DNS domain with the same name you
> > will no longer be able to resolve hosts from it. mDNS and a unicast
> > DNS domain named .local are inherently incompatible. Please contact
> > your local admistrator and ask him to move to a different domain name
> > since .local is to be used exclusively for Zeroconf technology.
> > [26]Further information."
> >
> > "is to be used"
> >
> > Because they decide that.
> >
> > This encroachment on personal liberty goes on everywhere.
>
> It was an Apple decision not Lennart one.

Or, if you prefer, Poettering using Apple as an excuse.
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