On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:03:25 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 00:59:27 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > 2) libnss-myhostname > > I honestly don't know what scares me most about libnss-hostname - the > > need of it in the first place, the author of the library, software that > > behaves funny without it or the setups that genuinely need it :( > > People are usually frightened most by things they have no understanding > of. > > If the local hostname is always resolvable by a 127.0.1.1 line in > /etc/hosts or the machine is unlikely to dynamically change its hostname > libnss-myhostname probably can be purged. 'Purged' implies one installed libnss-myhostname in the first place. And libnss-myhostname does more than merely match a local hostname to 127.0.1.1. For example, it 'helpfully' mathes FQDN hostname with 127.0.1.1, and also does the same for ipv6. But the most interesting is why there's a need for the whole library to do the job if a couple of lines in /etc/hosts would do the job just fine. > > > 3) avahi-daemon > > Uses funny IPs from 169.254.0.0/16 range and (in)famous .local domain. > > Not needed if you have DNS in your LAN. > > Needed with cups to discover and advertise print queues on a network. According to the cupsd.conf, DNSSD is only one of the methods of printer discovery. And, as I can tell from the experience, cupsd can perfectly discover any network printer without it if asked to do so. 'Advertise' is a gimmick too. If one needs to let know others where to print - one uses dhcp option 9. Therefore 'needed' is a wrong term. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140912063458.32e7a023ec90ce32b1368...@gmail.com
