Hi. On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:23:56 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > 'Purged' implies one installed libnss-myhostname in the first place. > > And libnss-myhostname does more than merely match a local hostname to > > 127.0.1.1. For example, it 'helpfully' mathes FQDN hostname with > > 127.0.1.1, and also does the same for ipv6. > > > > But the most interesting is why there's a need for the whole library to > > do the job if a couple of lines in /etc/hosts would do the job just > > fine. > > A few posts back in this thread there is > > https://lists.debian.org/20140906161207.gn4...@copernicus.demon.co.uk > > The link it contains leads to another with a recent -devel discussion. > There is a 10 year history with the issue; a search with "/etc/hosts" > and "Thomas Hood" should bring up some of it. I assume you're referring to: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=247734 An interesting reading, thanks, but it looks on the problem from somewhat different angle that I do. What I meant was: If one as perfectly valid (which seem to be a direct consequence of #247734) /etc/hosts with the following values: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 <fqdn> <hostname> Why would one need libnss-myhostname in Debian? Especially if Debian Installer generates such /etc/hosts for the last 10 years give or take? I acknowledge that there're other distributions than Debian, and they used to do things differently (for example, comment 125 of #247734 implies that RedHat did not generate such /etc/hosts back then), so to address those other distributions' problem libnss-myhostname was created. But using this library in Debian seem to be redundant at best. > > > Needed with cups to discover and advertise print queues on a network. > > > > According to the cupsd.conf, DNSSD is only one of the methods of > > printer discovery. And, as I can tell from the experience, cupsd can > > perfectly discover any network printer without it if asked to do so. > > 'Advertise' is a gimmick too. If one needs to let know others where > > to print - one uses dhcp option 9. Therefore 'needed' is a wrong term. > > DNSSD is the *only* method for printer discovery with cups-daemon in > Jessie. Oh, that changes things somewhat as I didn't know that. May need to research the motivation of CUPS upstream for this step. I take it that my other arguments don't meet any objection from your side? Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140912222922.95ee07cdb0e2c1ea6cbdc...@gmail.com
