Not, <i>that</i> weird:<p><pre><code>    &gt; Host names that contain only one label in
    &gt; addition to local, for example
    &gt; &quot;My-Computer.local&quot;, are resolved using
    &gt; Multicast DNS (Bonjour) by default. Host names
    &gt; that contain two or more labels in addition to
    &gt; local, for example &quot;server.domain.local&quot;, are
    &gt; resolved using a DNS server by default.
</code></pre>
Apparently there&#x27;s nothing wrong with adapting, say, .dev.local (or
.ifft.local) with a coresponding hack, ahem, file, under
&#x2F;etc&#x2F;resolver&#x2F;dev.local:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.scottlowe.org&#x2F;2006&#x2F;01&#x2F;04&#x2F;mac-os-x-and-local-domains&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.scottlowe.org&#x2F;2006&#x2F;01&#x2F;04&#x2F;mac-os-x-and-local-doma...</a>