Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : libhostfile-manager-perl Version : 0.0.9 Upstream Author : Anthony J. Mirabella <mirab...@gmail.com> * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Hostfile-Manager * License : Perl Programming Lang: Perl Description : A simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles on *NIX systems
This program will read the hostfile fragments specified to be enabled from /etc/hostfiles/<fragment_name> and add them to /etc/hosts. It will remove any fragments from /etc/hosts that are specified to be disabled. You can achieve the same result with `sudo nano /etc/hosts` but you would need to inspect and manage the file by hand. By contrast, Hostfile-Manager allows you to create a "fragment" once, then enable and disable it as needed. hostsed <https://bugs.debian.org/916259> is an alternate tool that supports an ad-hoc workflow (unlike Hostfile-Manager) but doesn't support trusted fragments. See that RFP for notes on other alternatives.
