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Author: Dan Purgert
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] hijacking resolv.conf - possible fix?
On Mar 20, 2025, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 08:52:12AM -0400, Dan Purgert via Dng wrote:
> > On Mar 19, 2025, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > The problem was that connman cached DNS lookups and that somehow
> > > it has cached a dud package mirror.
> > > [...]
> > > Connman appears to hve no mechnism whatsoever to clear the cache.
> > > Years after, it is still sending me to a dud mirror whenever I upgrade.
> >
> > isn't conman(d) just a console / connection manager? Or am I looking at
> > the wrong manpages?
>
> It is a connection manager.
> But behind the scenes it rewrites resolv.conf,
> and takes over DNS lookup.
> It has its own DNS cache.
> I have searched in vain for a way to erase its cache.


huh, weird, there's nothing in the manpage about it doing that. Gross.

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