Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:24:53 -0600 From: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> To: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@kayjay.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolver problem with Opera Message-ID: <20040522092453.1d180c46@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040522111520.GA63653@kayjay.xs4all.nl> References: <20040522111520.GA63653@kayjay.xs4all.nl>
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On Sat, 22 May 2004 13:15:20 +0200, Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: > > It seems that Opera on -current ignores /etc/hosts on my system: the > hostname I type in the address bar is resolved using the nameserver > while there is an entry for it in /etc/hosts. Using konqueror, name > resolution is as expected, it resolves to the local address specified > in /etc/hosts. > I'm not entirely sure, but I think opera loads /etc/hosts into memory at start, and never reads it again. Sometimes it seems to check the nameserver first, and -then- /etc/hosts, but usually it seems to check /etc/hosts first. I'm really unsure on what opera's logic concerning it is, and it seems like opera is doing all the dirty work on its own. -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # double value; /* or your money back! */ # short changed; /* so triple your money back! */ # --Larry Wall in cons.c from the perl source code
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