Comment 3 for bug 990660

> The distinction between 'domain' and 'search' should be immaterial; the only difference is that a 'domain' option allows only a single domain name, and 'search' allows multiple domains. So the use of 'search' for a single domain is not a bug, and is more consistent with the case in which multiple domain names are specified.

While I agree that the functional difference is perhaps immaterial, I would argue that mapping both "dns-domain" and "dns-search" in /etc/network/interfaces to "search" in resolv.conf serves only to increase the possibilities for confusion and errors, particularly since this mapping appears to be undocumented as well as unintuitive. For the sake of consistency, it makes sense either to map "dns-domain" to "domain" and "dns-search" to "search", or if you think the use of "domain" in resolv.conf should be deprecated, then eliminate "dns-domain" in interfaces. Thanks for your further consideration.

Jeffry A. Spain
Network Administrator
Cincinnati Country Day School