-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Gabriel Barazer on 7/23/2007 6:50 AM: > Hi, > > The "hostname" utility in coreutils-6.9 is still a very old version, and > the "hostname" from net-tools 1.60 (released ~2001) is a better featured > utility. Since net-tools doesn't seem to be maintained anymore, what > about updating the "hostname" sources from coreutils, or simply remove > it ? It would avoid duplicate tools, since we can't even disable its > compilation at configure time.
Actually, in the latest git/CVS coreutils (which will become coreutils 6.10), it IS possible to disable a subset of programs you don't want installed: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-06/msg00110.html - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGpKZU84KuGfSFAYARAmSFAJoDax11pC8n2PjX8fEz5Ss72F2+QACgmXYf YVLOoqmVhPQqrgfzKd029Ow= =1qgp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
