[Hostname-devel] [SCM] Git repository for hostname branch, master, updated. debian/3.07-3-g2d0f165

Michael Meskes meskes at debian.org
Fri Dec 23 10:20:37 UTC 2011


The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 3eb8a6689f4a0e3cf0333c1ca896fc4db5cb4358
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 23 11:06:20 2011 +0100

    Clarified FQDN message in man page.
    
    Closes: #626292

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4397ea7..8b2b818 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+hostname (3.08) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Prevent a potential buffer underrun.
+  * Clarified FQDN message in man page. (Closes: #626292)
+
+ -- Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org>  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:07:34 +0100
+
 hostname (3.07) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Strip leading and trailing whitespaces from hostname. (Closes: #650822)
diff --git a/hostname.1 b/hostname.1
index 5e2edba..025cf0c 100644
--- a/hostname.1
+++ b/hostname.1
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ option in
 .B /etc/hosts
 
 .B /etc/hostname
-This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.
+Historically this file was supposed to only contain the hostname and not the
+full canonical FQDN. Nowadays most software is able to cope with a full FQDN here.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Peter Tobias, <tobias at et-inf.fho-emden.de>
 .br
diff --git a/hostname.c b/hostname.c
index b6f3dd3..aa1e7aa 100644
--- a/hostname.c
+++ b/hostname.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <err.h>
 #include <rpcsvc/ypclnt.h>
 
-#define VERSION "3.07"
+#define VERSION "3.08"
 
 enum type_t { DEFAULT, DNS, FQDN, SHORT, ALIAS, IP, NIS, NIS_DEF, ALL_FQDNS, ALL_IPS };
 

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