[OE-core] Setting a a fixed resolv.conf file in OE built image

[Philip Balister]

On 12/16/2014 11:40 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
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>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:12 AM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
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>> Any tips on how to do this the right way? It seems like fixed
>> resolv.conf's are no longer fashionable and the volatile.cache script
>> goes to great lengths to reset it.
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>> Adding a dns-nameserver entry in the interfaces file never makes it to
>> resolv.conf. I tried installing the resolvconf package and played with
>> it, but no joy. This package also appears to have some issues with
>> missing pieces.
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> depends a lot on what package combination you are using. If its systemd and you
> are using systemd-resolved then it generates resolve.conf in /run/ and symlink
> in /etc/ gets the job done. if its udhcpc then it will populate the one in /etc
> and it will take interfaces file in /etc into consideration

Yeah, but this is an image built by adding packages to core-image. No
systemd or other network managers. It feels like just adding the
dns-nameserver line to interfaces should work, but something appears to
not re-populate resolv.conf after it is wiped at boot.

Philip

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>> I'll file bugs, but until I can figure out how it is suposed to work,
>> any bug I file is going to be pretty vague.
>>
>> This really should be easier.
>>
>> Philip
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