[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Why can't GNU/Hurd use the code from the net-tools package?
Maybe it could. But net-tools also provides commands such as ifconfig and route, which are Linux-specific (in terms of their implementation details). I don't know whether their hostname command is also Linux-specific, but GNU might decide it's easier to toss the whole package - especially since GNU hostname already exists, minimal though it may be - than try to track own any non-portable spots. Or not; I can only speculate. > Accepting them but silently doing nothing would be wrong if the > action expected was not implemented. Agree. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
