Description of problem: When sendmail is removed using yum (yum remove sendmail) redhat-lsb is also removed with it. This breaks hostname resolution for a lot of tools (ssh, w3m, and dig to name a few). Performing a `yum install redhat-lsb` does not restore this functionality. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.27.19-78.2.30.fc9.x86_64 redhat-lsb-3.1-19.fc8.x86_64 w3m-0.5.2-10.fc9.x86_64 bind-utils-9.5.1-1.P1.fc9.x86_64 openssh-clients-5.1p1-3.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum -y remove sendmail 2. host esther2 3. ping esther2 4. ssh esther2 (or w3m esther2) Actual results: 2. esther2 resolves fine 3. esther2 responds to ping 4. "ssh: Could not resolve hostname esther2: Name or service not known" Expected results: ssh connection to esther2 strace capture of `ssh esther2`: open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=70, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fbc708c6000 read(3, "search corp.swiss.se\nnameserver "..., 4096) = 70 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7fbc708c6000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY|0x80000 /* O_??? */) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=598, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fbc708c6000 read(3, "# Do not remove the following li"..., 4096) = 598 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7fbc708c6000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY|0x80000 /* O_??? */) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=598, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fbc708c6000 read(3, "# Do not remove the following li"..., 4096) = 598 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x7fbc708c6000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=55193, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 55193, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fbc708b9000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib64/tls/x86_64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib64/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff788c41e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib64/tls/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib64/tls", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/lib64/x86_64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib64/x86_64", 0x7fff788c41e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/lib64", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib64/tls/x86_64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff788c41e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib64/tls/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/tls", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib64/x86_64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/x86_64", 0x7fff788c41e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=53248, ...}) = 0 munmap(0x7fbc708b9000, 55193) = 0 write(2, "ssh: Could not resolve hostname "..., 68ssh: Could not resolve hostname esther2: Name or service not known ) = 68 exit_group(255) = ?
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