Bug#1125411: tech-ctte: Unbound resolvconf hook default breaks recursive resolution

"Andrea Pappacoda" <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:09:34 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.ctte
Message-ID <DFQE50LW5A69.2A698ALTIVEY5__27436.7529129208$1768605084$gmane$org@debian.org>
Hi all,

On Fri Jan 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM CET, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Please spend some more time figuring out how it came onto your system. I
> think this is a key aspect here. You appear to believe that the
> forwarding behavior was opt-out, because you do not perceive the
> installation of resolvconf as opting in.

Given this command:

    $ apt rdepends --no-suggests --no-conflicts --no-enhances --no-replaces=
 resolvconf | grep -v '^    '
    resolvconf
    Reverse Depends:
      Recommends: resolvconf-admin
      Recommends: whereami
      Depends: netctl
      Recommends: rdnssd
      Recommends: debian-edu-config
      Recommends: education-common
      Recommends: ceni

It may be possible that it was installed transitively via rdnssd, which=20
is recommended by ifupdown-ng. I find it unlikely that LRob had any of=20
the others packaged installed on the system.

In any case, a command like `apt why resolvconf` may give a more helpful=20
answer than trying to figuring it out via rdepends.

Bye!