Comment 3 for bug 1032855

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1032855] Re: resolvconf modifies real file /etc/resolv.conf in lieu of /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf

On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 12:44:34AM -0000, MarianoAbsatz wrote:
> So Network Manager and dhclient are NOT currently invoking resolvconf,
> BUT they're actually handling /etc/resolv.conf by themselves?

This will definitely be the case for dhclient. It may or may not also be
the case for NM, depending on how NM decides whether to invoke resolvconf
vs. editing directly. (I haven't looked closely at the details.)

> This is not what the manpage implies (or what I understand form it)

If you can point to particular language in the manpage which contradicts
this, we should fix it.

> Who/what are using resolvconf, then?

By default, when /etc/resolv.conf is not a symlink, nothing is.