On 2014-09-12 06:34:58 +0400, Reco wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:03:25 +0100 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > 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.
It can be installed by a dependency (e.g. due to some GNOME package). > 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. This is what it should do ideally. Unfortunately, for some users, it doesn't take the FQDN, but just the short hostname: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756224 -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- 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/20140916083258.gc27...@xvii.vinc17.org
