61434 - address of DNS is not updated if it couldn't be dertermined before

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 63564

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect, P3)

Description

[Peter Adolphs]

I have a computer with a non-permanent network connection. So I use the PPP
dialup program wvdial 1.41 (see http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/). Here's the
problem:

When I'm not connected, /etc/resolv.conf does not contain a nameserver address.
If Mozilla tries to make a DNS request then, this will of course fail. The
problem is that Mozilla does not update this after I have got a connection and
/etc/resolv.conf contains a valid nameserver address. Any DNS request still
fails. Mozilla does not retry to get the nameserver address if it could not be
determined before.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

This is a dupe of bug 63564.
(Duping this bug because bug 63564 have status : ´NEW´)

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Marking really as a dupe, sorry

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63564 ***

Comment 3

[Diego]

Verified dupe of bug 63564: "mozilla doesn't watch /etc/resolv.conf"