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

[Michael Meskes]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 03:26:15PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> No, it does not.  I don't see any reason in that section why one
> should not put an FQDN in /etc/hostname.

This section explains the difference between a hostname, which is what should
be in /etc/hostname, and a FQDN.

> It wouldn't; I come from a background where it is considered good
> practice to set the hostname to an FQDN, and the ganeti2 packges
> in the archive actually require it to function.

Would you mindgiving us a reasoning why it's considered good practice there?

What about the simple case of a laptop used in different networks?

Michael

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