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From: loverso@osf.org (John Robert LoVerso)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape 2.0b5 Question
Date: 26 Jan 1996 19:15:18 GMT
Organization: OSF Research Institute, Cambridge MA
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In article <4e5ul1$p20@isnews.csc.calpoly.edu>,
Eric Collins <ecollins@kilby.elee.calpoly.edu> wrote:
> I am running the linux version of Netscape 2.0b5 under 2.1.0 and I get
> an error  resolv+: "hosts" undefined
>           resolv+: "bind"  undefined
> 
> then netscape cannot do any name lookup. Has anyone else experience this 

Yes.  Just add this line to the bottom of /etc/host.conf

	# For linux compat
	order bind hosts

You'll still get the errors from the existing lines (which you need for
BSD's resolver to work), but the statically-linked Linux resolver will work.

John