Package: hostname Version: 3.01 Severity: normal I know it's a recurring theme, but IMO hostname is broken when you use a FQDN as the hostname. There are people who say you should not do that - and yet there are OSes that do this by default.
In our case, we're converting FreeBSD boxes to Debian boxes and existing software assumes a FQDN as hostname. Now the current hostname can /set/ a FQDN as hostname: # hostname test.xs4all.nl (no errors) .. but it is impossible to print it: # hostname test However, the long hostname was set: # uname -n test.xs4all.nl The manpage says: GET NAME When called without any arguments, the program displays the current names: hostname will print the name of the system as returned by the gethostā name(2) function. This is not true. The manpage also says: -s, --short Display the short host name. This is the host name cut at the first dot. It now appears that -s is the default and there is no way to turn it off. Please fix hostname to follow the manpage. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org