Re: host to use $HOSTALIASES ?
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Hi Joey!
>
> > I noticed in environ(5) and gethostbyname(5) that if the variable
> > HOSTALIASES is set, the file it points to is used for host lookups instead
> > of /etc/hosts. But I can't get it to work. Does this actually work in linux?
> > I've always wanted a per-user $HOME/.hosts file.
>
> I've learned that this depends on the version of your libc. But
> please don't ask me with which one it works, I have given up...
>
> Regards
>
> Joey
I can't make it work either. Time for a bug report?
Lindsay
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