Your message dated Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:18:54 +0000
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and subject line Bug#656218: fixed in libnss-myhostname 0.3-4
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regarding libnss-myhostname: Package's description is outdated
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Package: libnss-myhostname
Version: 0.3-3
Severity: normal
It seems that version 0.3 of libnss-myhostname changed its behavior and
introduced an important feature: the module now first returns all locally
configured public IP addresses and only if none are found it fallbacks to
127.0.0.2 (or, in Debian, 127.0.1.1).
The package's long description should be updated to include that; I'm
using "normal" as the severity and not minor, since this is a quite
important change and may fool users into thinking that this need of
theirs is not covered by the package. Your opinion may vary :)
FWIW, the diff from upstream's README reads:
- gethostname(2). A lot of software relies on that the local host name is
- resolvable via DNS to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. When using dynamic
- hostnames this is usually achieved by patching /etc/hosts which however
- is suboptimal since it requires a writable /etc file system and is
- fragile because the file might also be edited by the administrator.
- nss-myhostname simply returns the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (wich is on
- the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host)
- for whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching
- /etc/hostname is thus no longer necessary.
+ gethostname(2). Various software relies on an always resolvable local
+ host name. When using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by
+ patching /etc/hosts at the same time as changing the host name. This
+ however is not ideal since it requires a writable /etc file system and
+ is fragile because the file might be edited by the administrator at the
+ same time. nss-myhostname simply returns all locally configure public
+ IP addresses, or -- if none are configured -- the IPv4 address
+ 127.0.0.2 (wich is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1
+ (which is the local host) for whatever system hostname is configured
+ locally. Patching /etc/hosts is thus no longer necessary.
Regards,
Faidon
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Source: libnss-myhostname
Source-Version: 0.3-4
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libnss-myhostname, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
libnss-myhostname_0.3-4.debian.tar.gz
to main/libn/libnss-myhostname/libnss-myhostname_0.3-4.debian.tar.gz
libnss-myhostname_0.3-4.dsc
to main/libn/libnss-myhostname/libnss-myhostname_0.3-4.dsc
libnss-myhostname_0.3-4_amd64.deb
to main/libn/libnss-myhostname/libnss-myhostname_0.3-4_amd64.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
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Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libnss-myhostname
package)
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:08:50 +0100
Source: libnss-myhostname
Binary: libnss-myhostname
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 0.3-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Joachim Breitner <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Joachim Breitner <[email protected]>
Description:
libnss-myhostname - nss module providing fallback resolution for the current
hostname
Closes: 656218
Changes:
libnss-myhostname (0.3-4) unstable; urgency=low
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* Fix Package's description to reflect changed behaviour. (Closes: #656218)
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