Bug#878148: cups: Default ServerName wrong/not in sync with manual
On Wed 11 Oct 2017 at 20:59:24 +0200, Dominik George wrote:
> Control: reopen -1
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 07:35:25PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > It is common to use manualpage(x) as a shorthand to instruct a user to
> > run the command 'man x manualpage'. Following the advice in hostname(1)
> > does result in the fully-qualified hostname being displayed when the
> > hostname command is used with the correct option.
> >
> > (Granted the command 'hostname' does not return a FQDN, but that isn't
> > what is being advised).
>
> Thanks for teaching me UNIX basics, which is certainly not necessary -
You are welcome.
> but no matter how to read a mnual page:
>
> The bug that CUPS does *not* default to the FQDN remains. CUPS *only*
> allows the hostname part, *not* the FQDN by default, probably because
> the authors use a system where the FQDN goes in /etc/hostname.
If you feel there is an upstream issue in the documentation there is
https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/new
Cheers,
Brian.
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