[Hostname-devel] Bug#626292: Bug#626292: explanation

[micah anderson]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:57:41 +0200, Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 02:55:30PM -0400, micah anderson wrote:
> > >> Does the part about the FQDN doesn't explain the claim? 
> > 
> > No, it doesn't explain at all, it just makes the claim with no
> > substantiation.
> 
> No, it explains the difference between the hostname (which is what is stored in
> /etc/hostname) and the FQDN.

We must be talking about different things, because all I see is:

FILES
       /etc/hosts

       /etc/hostname This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.

> > I'd like to see the justification for why it should only contain the
> > hostname, and not the full FQDN. Some things think it should contain the
> > FQDN. If they are wrong, there needs to be a clear justification for
> > why.
> 
> You might want to give a justification for your questioning of this claim.

I think the lack of justification of the claim is the issue here, not
the lack of justification of the lack of justification. 

micah

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