--- glibc-2.5.orig/debian/patches/any/local-dynamic-resolvconf.diff
+++ glibc-2.5/debian/patches/any/local-dynamic-resolvconf.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# All lines beginning with `# DP:' are a description of the patch.
+# DP: Description: allow dynamic long-running processes to
+# DP: re-read a dynamically updated resolv.conf on the fly
+# DP: Dpatch author: Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>
+# DP: Patch author: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
+# DP: Upstream status: Ubuntu-Specific
+# DP: Date: 2006-01-13 08:14:21 UTC
+
+Index: resolv/res_libc.c
+===================================================================
+--- resolv/res_libc.c.orig
++++ resolv/res_libc.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ #include <arpa/nameser.h>
+ #include <resolv.h>
+ #include <bits/libc-lock.h>
+-
++#include <sys/stat.h>
+ 
+ /* The following bit is copied from res_data.c (where it is #ifdef'ed
+    out) since res_init() should go into libc.so but the rest of that
+@@ -94,8 +94,17 @@
+ int
+ __res_maybe_init (res_state resp, int preinit)
+ {
+-	if (resp->options & RES_INIT) {
+-		if (__res_initstamp != resp->_u._ext.initstamp) {
++  static time_t last_mtime;
++  struct stat statbuf;
++  int ret;
++
++		
++  if (resp->options & RES_INIT) {
++	ret = stat (_PATH_RESCONF, &statbuf);
++		if (__res_initstamp != resp->_u._ext.initstamp
++		  || (ret == 0) && (last_mtime != statbuf.st_mtime))
++		  {
++		        last_mtime = statbuf.st_mtime;
+ 			if (resp->nscount > 0) {
+ 				__res_iclose (resp, true);
+ 				return __res_vinit (resp, 1);