[uclibc-ng-devel] resolver fails to lookup unqualified name equalling TLD

Hi,

the uclibc-ng DNS resolver fails to lookup unqualified host names if a top-level domain with the same name exists. In that case gethostbyname returns HOST_NOT_FOUND without trying to append the search domains specified in resolv.conf. This used to be no real problem when only two- and three-letter TLDs existed, but with the introduction of generic TLDs (such as .directory, .email or .storage) clashes are becoming much more likely.

The glibc seems to solve the problem by changing the search order when looking for names without domain parts. For unqualified names it will first try appending the configured search domains before looking for the unmodified name.

Regards, Ingo