Henry Bent <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't sure which mailing list to send this to, but I figured this would > get a fair number of eyes. The hosts(5) manpage still includes a section > that dates from 1983(!) and while interesting from an historic perspective > is probably very confusing to any modern user: > > "This file may be created from the official host data base maintained at > the Network Information Control Center (NIC), though local changes may be > required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases and/or > unknown hosts. As the data base maintained at NIC is incomplete, use of > the name server is recommended for sites on the DARPA Internet." > > Perhaps the time has come for its removal.
Heh, thanks for the suggestion :). Done. -uwe
