Bug#507250: lprng depends on IPv4 address assigned (resolvable) to the local hostname

[Juergen Kosel <juergen.kosel@gmx.de>]

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Hello,

Craig Small schrieb:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 01:47:57PM +0100, Juergen Kosel wrote:
>> ruetsch44:/home/juergen# lpq
>> Get_local_host: hostname 'ruetsch44' bad
>>
>> but querrying the DSL- router nameservice delivers the following:
>> ruetsch44:/home/juergen# host ruetsch44
>> ruetsch44 has address 192.168.178.22

It seems, that the nameserver within the fritz.box delivers wrong
addresses for the LAN!

>> Host ruetsch44 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>> Host ruetsch44 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> Try ping, the host command bypasses the resolver library.

the point is, that lprng depends on hostnames which are resolvable to
IPv4 addresses. Which are no longer reliable valid in my LAN.
As a workaround, I have readded IPv4 addresses to /etc/hosts. So
printing works again.


Greetings
	Juergen
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