Re: Gentoo Backend

[Thomas Hood <jdthood aglu demon nl>]

>  /*
> @@ -178,12 +224,21 @@
>   *
>   * Make glibc/nscd aware of any changes to the resolv.conf file by
>   * restarting nscd. Only restart if already running.
> + * Invalidate the nscd host cache, if it exists, since
> + * we changed resolv.conf.
>   *
>   */
>  void nm_system_update_dns (void)
>  {
> -	if(nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd status"))
> + #ifdef NM_NO_NAMED
> +	if (nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd status") != 0)
>  		nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd restart");
> +	
> +	nm_info("Clearing nscd hosts cache.");
> +	nm_spawn_process("/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
> + #else
> +	nm_spawn_process("/usr/sbin/killall -q nscd");
> + #endif	
>  }

Please note that invalidating the hosts cache will not make nscd
re-read /etc/resolv.conf.  To make nscd re-read /etc/resolv.conf
you really need to restart it.

-- 
Thomas Hood