[Hostname-devel] Bug#573375: Bug#573375: calling 'hostname' fails

[Michael Meskes]

> Calling hostname alone works, it produces the host's name. However any other call
> to host name produces this error message: hostname: Name or service not known
> 
> i.e. hostname -i 

Is your hostname resolvable, e.g. by other tools? The error message sounds like
a system that is not able to resolv the hostname.

Michael
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