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Re: [bug-inetutils] dnsdomainname, domainname, nisdomainname, ypdomainna


From: Simon Josefsson
Subject: Re: [bug-inetutils] dnsdomainname, domainname, nisdomainname, ypdomainname
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:57:21 +0100
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Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:

> måndag den 12 mars 2012 klockan 22:01 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
>> address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:
>> 
>> >    > Looks good; but after looking at the actual name for
>> >    > dnsdomainname several times now I cringe...  Domain Name Service
>> >    > Domain Name?!  Does domainname do the same as dnsdomainname? Can
>> >    > we use that instead?
>> >
>> >    The semantics of these four tools are more or less set in stone,
>> >    for compatibility with existing tools.  The terminology in this
>> >    area is indeed confused but given the background I can't see what
>> >    we can do more than making sure the documentation is complete.
>> >    Simple memory rule:
>> >
>> > I was afraid of that, oh well... Anyway, go go go Simon go!
>> 
>> I have pushed 'dnsdomainname' now.  Let's take a look at the others
>> next...
>
> BSD systems only provide hostname(1) and domainname(1).
>
> For future use I recommend the native manual pages at
>
>    $ lynx http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi
>
>    $ lynx http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
>
>    $ lynx http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi
>
> Note the three different idioms for referencing.

Thank you!

I note that neither of these 'hostname' implementations appears to be
able to canonicalize the name using the resolver.

That means our 'dnsdomainname' is thus only for compatibility with
existing GNU/Linux systems.  Unless someone finds any other systems out
there with a 'dnsdomainname' tool on it...

/Simon



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