[oi-dev] Error after pkg install

[Gary Mills]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:20:43PM +0200, stes at PANDORA.BE wrote:
> 
> I installed some software (pkg install squeak) today and had no problems;

>  E_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST (6) reason: Could not resolve host:
> pkg.openindiana.org

>  I've seen this error quite a few times when there is DNS resolving
> problem, for example when /etc/nsswitch.conf has an issue.

It certainly was transient.  Both "host" and "getent" could resolve
the hostname to an IP address immediately afterward.  I also did not
get the error message a few minutes ago when I did an install.


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