Re: `host name' vs. `hostname'

[Matt Kraai <kraai@debian.org>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:46:22PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 14:50, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > I am pleased to report that earlier today I was able to install
> > Debian Woody on my iBook2 using the new-powermac flavor without
> > any serious problems.  However, I did find some minor issues
> > that I'd like to fix.
> 
> Did you make a separate /boot partition?  I've gotten one report that
> the code which tries to prevent you from making a /boot with an
> incorrect filesystem type is itself incorrect.  It would be great if you
> could try beating on that part of the installer a bit; try making /boot
> ext3, HFS (shouldn't work), etc. 

I didn't make a separate /boot partition (though I did create
the required bootstrap one).  It does look like the test in
verify_powerpc_mount is broken, though.

Here is the simple, hopefully correct version:

if ((!is_newworld
     && !is_fstype("/boot", "ext2"))
    || (is_newworld
        && !is_fstype("/boot", "ext2")
        && !is_fstype("/boot", "ext3")
        && !is_fstype("/boot", "xfs")
        && !is_fstype("/boot", "reiserfs")))

> > Which term is preferred, `host name' or `hostname'.  The
> > boot-floppies use both on the same screen, and some consistency
> > would be nice.  FOLDOC lists it as one word[1,2], but the
> > hostname manual page uses two.  Any preference?
> 
> I think you'll have people telling you both are correct.  It's a lot
> like "filesystem" versus "file system".  The former is very popular in
> common usage, but you'll usually only see the latter in formal works.

I went with `hostname', per FOLDOC (which uses `file system').

Matt

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