[Hostname-devel] Bug#626292: Bug#626292: man page claims that /etc/hostname should not contain fqdn

[Michael Meskes]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 04:25:24PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> .B /etc/hostname
> This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.
> 
> Please add rationale to support this claim.

Does the part about the FQDN doesn't explain the claim? What else would you
like to see? Please see also #253956 for the history of that sentence.

Michael
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