Comment 0 for bug 1575644

By default, when installing ubuntu-desktop (and when installing some other packages as well), apt will also install dnsmasq as a dependency. When dnsmask is installed, and static IP addresses are used, resolv.conf creates a nearly empty /etc/resolv.conf file. The file only contains entries for localhost and the search domain. If static IP addresses are defined in /etc/network/interfaces, then shouldn't those DNS servers should be included in /etc/resolv.conf regardless of the presence of dnsmask?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: resolvconf 1.78ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 27 08:34:24 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: resolvconf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)