cache-only named won't resolve "localhost"

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Gary W. Swearingen wrote:

>Now "host", "dig", and "nslookup" work OK, even without an
>/etc/resolv.conf file.  But sendmail seems to need the later.
>(It just has "nameserver 127.0.0.1".)
>
>[...]
>
>Mozilla apparently doesn't even use my local DNS as it still hangs.
>(I must admit that I've never checked my caching DNS's cache.)
>  
>
Mozilla will use resolve.conf, if it is there.  It will also cache 
answers for a long time and requires restarting if you, say, add a host 
to /etc/hosts.

I missed the beginiing of the thread, but why would you want to run 
without /etc/resolv.conf?

--Alex