[Nix-dev] name resolution in nix packages not working

[Tobias Hammerschmidt]

Eelco Dolstra schrieb:
> Tobias Hammerschmidt wrote:
>> Wouter schrieb:
>>> Is this just restricted to the packages you installed (can you ping
>>> www.google.com)?
>>>
>> Yes it is. All packages from debian which do need name resolution are
>> working without problems.
> 
> Very strange.  Do you have the "nscd" daemon running on your system, and if so,
> what version of Glibc does your Debian install use?  And if nscd is running,
> could you try if it works without nscd?
"nscd" is not running -- "ps ax | grep nscd" gives me an empty list. 
Debian Etch ships with glibc version 2.3.6.