Bug#313413: libc6: $HOSTALIASES does not allow IP-address

[Stepan Koltsov <yozh@banana.mx1.ru>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
Severity: wishlist


Hello,

$HOSTALIASES points to the file with aliases for hostnames. I can write
full hostname as alias, by I can't write IP. See:

# host banana.mx1.ru
banana.mx1.ru has address 158.250.16.19

# cat $HOSTALIASES
kash banana.mx1.ru

# telnet kash
Trying 158.250.16.19...
^C

# cat $HOSTALIASES
kash 158.250.16.19

# telnet kash
telnet: could not resolve kash/telnet: Name or service not known


Thanks,

S.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux banana.mx1.ru 2.4.27-2-686 #1 Fri Mar 25 11:48:59 JST 2005 i686
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  libdb1-compat                 2.1.3-7    The Berkeley database routines [gl

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