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Re: bug in hostname
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: bug in hostname |
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Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:07:49 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> But bear in mind that the vast majority of users don't have a
> problem because they use these tools via a distribution mechanism
> (.rpm, .deb) that arranges not to install programs like hostname
> that can cause trouble.
Still, it would be nice to make less work for packagers, and for users
installing from source.
> What's wrong with coreutils' kill?
Just a missing feature. With util-linux's kill, you can say "kill
progname"; it will look for processes called progname running as the
same user who invoked kill. Not such a big deal, but it's handy.
> I'm open to the idea of not installing hostname.
The GNU(/Hurd) system will need a hostname program, so throwing away
this one may not be a great idea. Adding the -s and --fqdn options to
GNU hostname might make the most sense. C.f. the GNU sysutils
project, intended to replace util-linux.
paul
- bug in hostname, Martin MOKREJŠ, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Steven Augart, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Jim Meyering, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Steven Augart, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Jim Meyering, 2003/10/08
Re: bug in hostname, Bob Proulx, 2003/10/09