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

[hdkutz <hd...@hd...>]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:49:23AM +0200, Rainer Tammer wrote:
> 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.
Hello Rainer,
oh, you have, why couldn't you change the configure script. It's a normal
shellfile no executable.

> 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 !!
Difficult to say.
Your auto(make|conf) are not the IBM-RPM Packages. Maybe thats your problem. Try
not to use the hostname-Command from GNU-Toolbox.
The hostname Command only does what you ask him to do. From the manpage you can
see that AIXTOOLBOX GNU-Hostname doesn't support any Switch (only --help and 
--version).
If you (or some Script) execute 
/opt/freeware/bin/hostname -s bla
why are you wondering that your hostname is "-s"?

Cheers,
ku

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