Hi Brian, On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 07:57:07PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 06 Aug 2023 at 20:50:26 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > Sorry you are so offended by a hosts file user Andy, but when the guys > > Did someone mention a hosts file?
If I understand correctly, Gene identifies himself as "a hosts file user" and one of his major delusions is that there is some conspiracy within the Debian-like world to make the life of people who make use of /etc/hosts very hard. One of the ways, in this delusion, that it is made hard is by "forcing everyone to use a DHCP server", which also leads to Gene's resolv.conf being modified, which Gene does not like and uses the immutable file approach to prevent. I think since I have criticised the immutable resolv.conf "solution", Gene has decided I must be part of this wide-ranging conspiracy and so I must be offended that he *also* uses hosts files. That is, he's saying I am offended by "a hosts file user", i.e. him and by extension what he does, not offended by "a hosts file". It did take me some effort to parse. That is my best guess at how this particular one of Gene's bizarre rants even tangentially connects with reality as I know it, anyway. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
