On 2013-09-06 11:55:12 +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04:58:08AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > $ hostname --fqdn > > xvii.vinc17.org > > > > $ hostname --all-fqdns > > xvii.local > > ... > > I beg your pardon, I cannt see the bug here. > > hostname(1) clearly says: > > --all-fqdns > Displays all FQDNs of the machine. This option enumerates all > configured network addresses on all configured network interfaces, and > translates them to DNS domain names. Addresses that cannot > be translated (i.e. because they do not have an appropriate reverse DNS > entry) are skipped. Note that different addresses may resolve > to the same name, therefore the output may contain duplicate entries. > Do not make any assumptions about the order of the output. > > So it apparently does what it claims to do. What am I missing?
The bug is in the documentation too, which has contradictions. For instance, "Displays all FQDNs of the machine." is plainly wrong here, since xvii.vinc17.org is a FQDN of the machine, but is not listed. Moreover "all configured network addresses" is ambiguous: though for lo, 127.0.0.1 is the default address, all 127.* addresses correspond to the same interface, and they may have their own FQDN too (in particular, 127.0.1.1 in Debian). I also wonder what it means by "reverse DNS entry". If I use "dig -x <IP_address_of_xvii.local>", I don't get any name. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
