Thanks to Ulrich Dangel for discovering this. [Closes: issue848]
-Index: live-boot-grml/hooks/live
-===================================================================
---- live-boot-grml.orig/hooks/live 2011-12-06 22:10:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ live-boot-grml/hooks/live 2011-12-06 22:10:47.000000000 +0100
-@@ -266,17 +266,14 @@
- manual_add_modules crc32c
- fi
+--- a/backends/initramfs-tools/live.hook
++++ b/backends/initramfs-tools/live.hook
+@@ -223,24 +223,20 @@
--if [ "${LIVE_DNS}" = "true" ]
--then
-- [ "${QUIET}" ] || echo -n " "dns
-- #copy_exec /lib/libnss_files.so.* /lib # /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd
-- copy_exec /lib/libnss_dns.so.* /lib # DNS server
-- #copy_exec /lib/libnss_compat.so.* /lib # /etc/passwd
-+# DNS for initramfs
-+#copy_exec /lib/libnss_files.so.* /lib # /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd
-+copy_exec /lib/libnss_dns.so.* /lib # DNS server
-+#copy_exec /lib/libnss_compat.so.* /lib # /etc/passwd
+ # Some experimental stuff
-- # Configuration file - may be needed if /etc/hosts is used.
-- #mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc
-- #cp -p /etc/nsswitch.conf $DESTDIR/etc
--fi
-+# Configuration file - may be needed if /etc/hosts is used.
-+#mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc
-+#cp -p /etc/nsswitch.conf $DESTDIR/etc
+-case "${LIVE_DNS}" in
+- true)
+- [ "${QUIET}" ] || echo -n " dns"
++[ "${QUIET}" ] || echo -n " dns"
- if [ "${LIVE_UNIONMOUNT}" = "true" ]
- then
+- # /lib/libnss_dns.so.*:a DNS
+- # /lib/libnss_files.so.*: /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd
+- # /lib/libnss_compat.so.*: /etc/passwd
+-
+- for _SHLIB in $(find /lib -name 'libnss_dns.so.*')
+- do
+- copy_exec "${_SHLIB}"
+- done
+-
+- # might be needed if /etc/hosts is used
+- #mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc"
+- #cp -p /etc/nsswitch.conf "${DESTDIR}/etc"
+- ;;
+-esac
++# /lib/libnss_dns.so.*:a DNS
++# /lib/libnss_files.so.*: /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd
++# /lib/libnss_compat.so.*: /etc/passwd
++
++for _SHLIB in $(find /lib -name 'libnss_dns.so.*')
++do
++ copy_exec "${_SHLIB}"
++done
++
++# might be needed if /etc/hosts is used
++#mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc"
++#cp -p /etc/nsswitch.conf "${DESTDIR}/etc"
+
+ case "${LIVE_UNIONMOUNT}" in
+ true)