On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 04:12:30PM +0100, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 15:04, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2009-12-31 14:10:46 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 02:02:36PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >>> POSIX says: > > Have we resolved where the canonical hostname is going to reside or does > reside? > > Debian's policy manual[0] states that `hostname --fqdn` is where this > information should be gathered from. Is that the canonical method?
This is a personal opinion, but having the canonical name rely on “hostname --fqdn” is not a favorite of mine: hostname needs the resolver to be working and functioning (e.g. it talks to your nameservers if /etc/hosts doesn't contain your hostname/ip already). IMHVO, this is a brittle setup and the FQDN should be available directly on the host, without external dependencies. Which is why I personally think the machine name (the one that the kernel knows) should hold the canonical name. Just my opinion, no need to flame - I know I lost this argument many times already. regards, iustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
