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Package: hostname
Version: 2.09
Severity: normal
File: /bin/hostname
Hi.
I've been sanitizing my environment, and came upon an unclearliness
about what a hostname really is (should be). Some say ``hostname <fqdn>''
is the preferred way of doing things, but I've found this probably isn't
what was intended by the Creator:
# a=$(perl -e 'print "a" x 63'); a=$a.$a.$a
# hostname $a
hostname: name too long
-- while RFC 1035 says names of up to 255 octets MUST be accepted.
So it looks like FQDN is not allowed here. But again, why wouldn't
hostname reject anything containing a dot? I am puzzled.
I fear things breaking if the hostname is not set properly.
All the fluff about hostnames, FQDNs, etc. is rather puzzling for a
non-expert, and a clarification is strongly needed. I would suggest a
manpage hostname(5) for the /etc/hostname file, that would state clearly
what the format is, sethostname(2) would reference hostname(5) then.
The hostname(1) manpage should reference sethostname(2) anyway (it
doesn't as of now).
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux kontryhel.haltyr.bohnice.centrum.czf 2.4.25-jan #2 SMP Fri Feb 20
15:23:11 CET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.ISO-8859-2
Versions of packages hostname depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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Source: hostname
Source-Version: 2.94
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
hostname, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
hostname_2.94.dsc
to pool/main/h/hostname/hostname_2.94.dsc
hostname_2.94.tar.gz
to pool/main/h/hostname/hostname_2.94.tar.gz
hostname_2.94_i386.deb
to pool/main/h/hostname/hostname_2.94_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated hostname package)
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:05:00 +0100
Source: hostname
Binary: hostname
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.94
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
hostname - utility to set/show the host name or domain name
Closes: 252182 253956 382728 396596 451305
Changes:
hostname (2.94) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Correcting manpage about --file (Closes: #252182).
* Explicitly saying in the manpage, that /etc/hostname should not contain the
FQDN (Closes: #253956).
* Using symlink for dnsdomainname (Closes: #382728).
* Syncing version number in code (Closes: #396596).
* Applied patch from Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to add cross build
support (Closes: #451305).
Files:
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cd912124dd92ec7122cbf06f9d834d53 9280 base required hostname_2.94.tar.gz
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