Natanael Copa

also reported upstream: https://bugs.python.org/issue36107

nscd and nsswich is not supported in alpine linux. sorry

This is most likely related the `FEATURE_NSLOOKUP_BIG` change yes. Does it work if you use a trailing `.` (dot)? Eg `nslookup abs.` It seems that nslookup will append the search...

I am interested in fixing this, or at least report it upstream to busybox bugtracker, but I am not sure what the expected response is. Apparently the kubernetes dns server...

It would also be helpful if you could report it upstream to https://bugs.busybox.net/

a tcpdump of the network activity would also be helpful.

> The problem seems to be the additional search domains - if one of them fails, the command is considered failed. That is what I suspected. Thank you for conforming...

> Just to clarify - should we report this to busybox devs (mainly by pointing them to this issue), or will you? I was hoping you could help me with...

I have reported it upstream: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12541

I have pushed a fix to alpine edge. Can you please test if it solves your issue? Use `alpine:edge` and do `apk upgrade -U -a` to get `busybox-1.31.1-r10`.