-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Teletchéa Stéphane wrote: > Le ven 28/02/2003 à 10:22, Luca Olivetti a écrit : > >>IIRC it was introduced to fix a broken sendmail at the time (that needed >>both a hostname and a domain). >
And mandrake does not even default to sendmail. > > I'm not 'disagreeing' on Buchan's point, but as i don't know where it > comes, and i don't know how to correct it (except providing the first > answer ...), i'll ask you one question : > > Should this behaviour be fixed ? Yes, 'host `hostname`' or 'getent hosts `hostname`' should work out the box on every machine. > > I'd say yes. > How should it be fixed : > - If it is gnome's problem, gnome must be fixed (RC1, remember it ???), > same thing for others program ... No, gnome is not broken. `hostname` *must* resolve, otherwise even ssh `hostname` may cause delays. > - If it is because of no hostname (which is not asked by default when > you set up an RTC modem connection), the post-installation process > should take this into account. The incorrect default is used. It should be "localhost", not "localhost.localdomain". > > I'm not able to code it, or track it down, but I INSIST, this is a BUG, > there is no point in arguing about it. No one ever argued that it was not a bug. Your description of the bug was not totally correct, but the behaviour is incorrect. > Now please let's focus on the way of fixinf it. Well, no-one else (who had problems with it, our machines work fine sinec we use DDNS and it works right out-the-box with no configuration on our part) thought it worthwhile to vote for the bug, but I have confirmed it now. Guys, if a bug bothers you, and it has not been confirmed yet, *vote* for it! Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+Xz5prJK6UGDSBKcRArkJAKCsV5ZnYdO7XKnzzqTZ0hi3okLDhwCePR95 e4FUYWAKQfbcO16ieNBMCXc= =OQpw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
