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resolv.conf.5: Update information about search list
authorNikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com>
Wed, 7 Aug 2019 12:17:19 +0000 (14:17 +0200)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:00:27 +0000 (16:00 +0200)
Since glibc 2.26, the number of domains in the search list is
no longer limited.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=3f853f22c87f0b671c0366eb290919719fa56c0e

Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man5/resolv.conf.5

index 57f0a13df01983afafacf7755c308d4621e26448..c500864d18ff5d695ef1f52642ca75970d19b52c 100644 (file)
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ traffic if the servers for the listed domains are not local,
 and that queries will time out if no server is available
 for one of the domains.
 .IP
-The search list is currently limited to six domains
+In glibc 2.25 and earlier, the search list is limited to six domains
 with a total of 256 characters.
+.\" commit 3f853f22c87f0b671c0366eb290919719fa56c0e
+Since glibc 2.26, the search list is unlimited.
 .TP
 \fBsortlist\fP
 This option allows addresses returned by