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RFS: hostname -- utility to set/show the host name or domain name



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  Package name    : hostname
  ITA/ITP URL     : http://bugs.debian.org/400078
* Package bugs URL: http://bugs.debian.org/hostname
  Mentors URL     : dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/hostname/hostname_2.94.dsc
  License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C

Description:

     The hostname command can be used to either set or display the current host or
     domain name of the system. This name is used by many of the networking programs
     to identify the machine. The domain name is also used by NIS/YP.

debian/changelog:

    hostname (2.94) unstable; urgency=low

      * New maintainer (O; Closes: #400078)
      * Corrected version number. (Closes: 396596)
      * Updated man page to clarify effect of --file (Closes: #252182).
      * Mention that /etc/hostname should only contain domain name and not
        the full FQD. (Closes: #253956)
      * Print warning to stderr when trying to set doemain name to FDQN
        (Closes: #239888)
      * Implement -v verbose option. (Closes: #382059)
      * Remove trailing space from -a output. (Closes: #390527)
      * Use softlink for dnsdomainname. (Closes: #382728)
      * Confirm that --version outputs to stdout, not stderr. (Closes: #361862)
      * debian/control: (Maintainer:) updated.
      * debian/copyright: Updated to latest dh-make template
      * hostname.c: Code layout fixed to 4-spaces. Added braces.
        gcc -Wall -pedantic warnings fixed. Added FATAL/WARNING
        prefixes to error messages.
        (usage): Order options alphabetically. Layout 'lined up'.
        (main; struct option): Order options alphabetically.
        (show_name): -a output fix.
        (check_name): Added i-range checks.

     -- Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>  Mon,  4 Dec 2006 09:46:26 +0200

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