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Re:What came first: the CNAME or the A record? by WGH_ on Saturday January 24, 2026 @11:08AM (#46744743)
> it is likely rearranged by systemd, therefore only non-systemd glibc distributions are affected.

systemd doesn't imply installed and running systemd-resolved though. I believe it's usually not enabled by default.

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Re:What came first: the CNAME or the A record? by zinekeller on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:42AM (#46808314)
> I believe it's usually not enabled by default.

Just verify modern OSes now, they definitely do mediate via systemd-resolver (including in server OSes).

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