Re: resolv.conf and gnupg2

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>]

On Aug  8 11:15, ASSI wrote:
> Mark Geisert writes:
> > Could Cygwin itself provide a minimal /etc/resolv.conf pointing to
> > public DNS server(s)?  Some users might object to Google's public DNS
> > (e.g. 8.8.8.8) though.
> 
> No, this would be the job for any software that configures the DNS
> resolver.  However, I'd prefer if no resolver libraries ever looked at
> /etc/resolv.conf as it doesn't really make sense for Cygwin to muck
> about with the DNS configuration independently of what Windows provides.

I agree, actually.

Right now, Cygwin's resolver checks for /etc/resolv.conf, too, but uses
the OS stuff if /etc/resolv.conf isn't available.

So I wonder, just as you do, if we shouldn't drop support for
/etc/resolv.conf and let this be handled by the OS only.

In theory, we have two scenarios:
- Either a user is also admin and can change the OS settings anyway,
- or the user is not admin and the admins very likely don't like the
  user to change the resolver settings on the company machine...


Corinna