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Re: Format of /etc/hosts [was: Paquage: base-files / Pre-standardisation program /etc/hosts file format - Cloud and AI new issues - Bug - DEBIAN OS Distrib]



On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 03:09:34PM +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hi Tomas,
> 
> Am 12.12.2025 um 14:49 schrieb tomas@tuxteam.de:
> ...
> > Actually, the hosts(5) man page has this to say, under "Historical notes":

[...]

> Good point, but RFC 952 describes a different network than what we have
> today... natwork classes, names registered with NIC. Also, the format is
> actually different.
> 
> Which doesn't matter, because it predates even the terminology specification
> in RFC 2119, so we can understand any term to mean what we like :-)
> 
> That said -- this discussion is most likely not leading anywhere, and most
> particularly not where Loic wants it, I think.

Yes to all of the above :)

Cheers
-- 
t

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