On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:10:43PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:

> > Which is why systemd extended its claws and tried to "help". Now you
> > have to check not only the contents, but also if it is a symlink to a
> > systemd managed file under /run (and there are multiple possibilities
> > for that).
>
> Would you care to elucidate a bit more?

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/systemd-resolved.service.8.html

> Hmmmmmmmm - - - - is this something that could be brought up to senior
> management - - - yes?

If you mean the distros, too late I guess, most already turn on resolved.

There is still resolvconf (and its reimplementation, openresolv) which
was a rather good try (and you can use it on enlightened distros incl.
devuan and gentoo), but it relies on packages to behave, and some don't.

--
Ian