From 9778d846f435c1903531896806c530d6950739d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Chaloupka Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:05:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] host.conf.5 multi on by default --- man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 b/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 index c85fefe..b27de9d 100644 --- a/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 +++ b/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ appears in the file, instead of only the first. This is -.I off -by default, as it may cause a substantial performance loss at sites -with large hosts files. +.I on +by default. +On systems with DNS, hosts files are much smaller and the performance loss of multiple search is negligible. On sites with large hosts files, turning it on may cause a substantial performance loss. .TP .I nospoof Valid values are -- 1.9.3