in reply to Re: Strawberry Perl: Windows hosts file not working?
in thread Strawberry Perl: Windows hosts file not working?

wouldn't that depend on what is defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf and/or /etc/host.conf? At least that's what man gethostbyname says.

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Re^3: Strawberry Perl: Windows hosts file not working?
by enemyofthestate (Monk) on Feb 14, 2022 at 14:45 UTC

    Yes, that is true. I haven't changed nsswitch.conf from the default for so long I'd forgotten about it.

    Mea Culpa