Hi, I never got final emails from developers regarding a fix to this problem. There were mentioned other tools being buggy or behave in a different way(i.e. conform POSIX) like tail(1), head(1) etc. Please refresh http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00779.html thread and possibly built into a configure check that no filutils/textutils/sh-utils/net-tools are installed if they are known to install files into same location. Please, save us headaches. I hit the same problem now on Gentoo, and as I browse Gentoo's bugzilla, I was not the only one. :( Thnaks a lot! Martin
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: > Martin MOKREJ? wrote: > > Hi, > > hostname(1) does not accept -s option to print short hostname, > > ie. not foo.bar.baz but only foo. It is required on Tru64Unix 5.1A > > during system startup. When hostname from coreutils is found, > > the system hostname is set improperly(to "-s"). > > Many software distributions use the net-tools 'hostname' command > instead of the coreutils 'hostname' command. It provides much more > capability. Perhaps that would be a good solution for you as well. > > http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/ > > Bob > > > Please provide full compatibility: > > > > hostname(1) hostnam= > > e(1) > > > > > > > > NAME > > > > hostname - Sets or displays the name of the current host system > > > > SYNOPSIS > > > > hostname [-s] [new_name] > > > > DESCRIPTION > > > > The hostname command sets or displays the name of the current host syst= > > em. > > If you use the -s option, the short form of the host name is displayed. > > Only the superuser can set the hostname. > > > > EXAMPLES > > > > 1. To display the short form of the local host name, enter: > > $ hostname -s > > host1 > > > > 2. To change the name of the local host, enter: > > # hostname west > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > addax.gsf.de# /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname --help > > Usage: /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname [NAME] > > or: /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname OPTION > > Print or set the hostname of the current system. > > > > --help display this help and exit > > --version output version information and exit > > > > Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > addax.gsf.de# rcmgr get HOSTNAME > > addax.gsf.de > > addax.gsf.de# /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname > > addax.gsf.de > > addax.gsf.de# /usr/sbin/hostname > > addax.gsf.de > > addax.gsf.de# /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/bin/hostname -s > > addax.gsf.de# /usr/sbin/hostname > > -s > > addax.gsf.de# > > > > > > --=20 > > Martin Mokrejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > PGP5.0i key is at http://www.natur.cuni.cz/~mmokrejs > > MIPS / Institute for Bioinformatics <http://mips.gsf.de> > > GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health > > Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany > > tel.: +49-89-3187 3683 , fax:=A0+49-89-3187 3585 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bug-coreutils mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils > > > -- Martin Mokrejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP5.0i key is at http://www.natur.cuni.cz/~mmokrejs _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
