Re: [tbox-l] bug in hostname / coreutils-5.0-2

[Rainer T. <ta...@ta...>]

Hello,

hdkutz wrote:
> The commands differ! Check the man page and info of /opt/freeware/bin/hostname.
>   
I know. This is not the problem.

But is I execute existing configure (automake, mc, ...) scripts I have
no influence on the commands executed.
I have observed several times that the configure scripts __destroy__ my
hostname !!

Furthermore a hostname starting wih "-" is not valid !!

Note:
Unlike domain names, hostname labels can only be made up of the ASCII
letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive),
the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Labels can not start nor end
with a hyphen. Special characters other than
the hyphen (and the dot between labels) are not allowed, although they
are sometimes used anyway.

So the fact that GNU hostname sets the "-s" as a hostname violates
standard RFCs !!

This is a list of my installed rpm's:

cdrecord-1.9-4
mkisofs-1.13-4
bash-2.05b-1
glib-1.2.10-2
gtk+-1.2.10-4
libpng-1.2.18-0 (not from IBM)
xpm-3.4k-7
bash-doc-2.05b-1
zip-2.3-3
unzip-5.42-2
bzip2-1.0.2-2
gzip-1.2.4a-7
zlib-1.1.4-4
zlib-devel-1.1.4-4
glib-devel-1.2.10-2
gtk+-devel-1.2.10-4
popt-1.5-30
rpm-3.0.5-30
rpm-build-3.0.5-30
rpm-devel-3.0.5-30
m4-1.4-14
libtool-1.5.8-1
autoconf-2.61-1 (not from IBM)
lynx-2.8.4-1
info-4.6-1
texinfo-4.6-1
readline-4.3-1
readline-devel-4.3-1
patch-2.5.4-4
wget-1.9-2
expect-5.34-8
tcl-8.3.3-8
tk-8.3.3-8
tar-1.13-4
sudo-1.6.7p5-2
libungif-4.1.2-1
libungif-devel-4.1.2-1
libungif-progs-4.1.2-1
libtiff-3.6.1-2
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-2
libpng-devel-1.2.18-0 (not from IBM)
gdbm-1.8.3-2
libjpeg-6b-6
libjpeg-devel-6b-6
libmng-1.0.3-2
libmng-devel-1.0.3-2
gettext-0.10.40-1
gawk-3.1.3-1
flex-2.5.4a-6
bison-1.875-2
gdbm-devel-1.8.3-2
freetype-1.3.1-9
freetype-demo-1.3.1-9
freetype-devel-1.3.1-9
freetype2-2.1.7-2
freetype2-devel-2.1.7-2
expat-1.95.7-1
expat-devel-1.95.7-1
binutils-2.14-3
gcc-3.3.2-4
gdb-2.9.aix51.020209-4
gcc-c++-3.3.2-4
indent-2.2.7-2
xpm-devel-3.4k-7
openssl-0.9.6m-1
coreutils-5.0-2
openssl-devel-0.9.6m-1
openssl-doc-0.9.6m-1
make-3.80-1
ncurses-5.2-3
ncurses-devel-5.2-3
slang-1.4.4-2
slang-devel-1.4.4-2
ddd-3.3.1-2
diffutils-2.8.1-1
AIX-rpm-5.2.0.95-3
fontconfig-2.2.2-3
fontconfig-devel-2.2.2-3
automake-1.10-1 (not from IBM)

> <snip>
> File: coreutils.info,  Node: hostname invocation,  Next: hostid invocation,  Pr\
> ev: uname invocation,  Up: System context
>
> `hostname': Print or set system name
> ====================================
>
>    With no arguments, `hostname' prints the name of the current host
> system.  With one argument, it sets the current host name to the
> specified string.  You must have appropriate privileges to set the host
> name. Synopsis:
>
>      hostname [NAME]
>
>    The only options are `--help' and `--version'.  *Note Common
> options::.
>
>    An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value
> indicates failure.
> <snip>
>
> Cheers,
> ku
>   

Bye
  Rainer