"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>    [EMAIL PROTECTED] ./configure --prefix=$HOME
>    --enable-install-program=hostname && make -j2
>    ...
>    ...
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED] src/hostname --help
>    Usage: src/hostname [NAME]
>      or:  src/hostname OPTION
>    Print or set the hostname of the current system.
>
>        --help     display this help and exit
>        --version  output version information and exit
>
>    Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED] src/hostname -i
>    src/hostname: invalid option -- i
>    Try `src/hostname --help' for more information.
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Ha! Very good.  I will ask Jim to remove hostname from future versions
> of coreutils when we have released 1.6.

Note that coreutils doesn't even install 'hostname' by default, at least
according to their NEWS entry:

  * Noteworthy changes in release 6.9.90 (2007-12-01) [beta]
  ...
  ** Programs no longer installed by default
    hostname, su

So this duplication might not be a big problem.

/Simon


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