Hi Alex, I am not sure which program would rely on the output of hostname -a. I am not even sure about how to use it properly (!) set up your network to get hostname -a to spit out anything. As far as i understand it, this is a feature which relies on /etc/hosts. Feel free to point out any programs which require it.
So, to sum it up: I don’t see any problems with dropping it. If you do, we can change the patch to use gethostbyname() in this very special case. Best regards, Michael PS: Unrelated to the issue here, you might want to use a host for delivering your mail which is not listed in spam-blocklists: sendmail[215513513]: STARTTLS=server, relay=cm-83-97-167-247.telecable.es [83.97.167.247], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=NOT, cipher=AES256-SHA, bits=256/256 sendmail[215513513]: n74Dll3O215513513: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<michael+db20090...@stapelberg.de>, relay=cm-83 -97-167-247.telecable.es [83.97.167.247], reject=550 5.7.1 <michael+db20090...@stapelberg.de>... Rejected: 83.97.167.247 listed at zen.spamhaus.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
