Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751279AbWE2UVH (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 16:21:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751281AbWE2UVH (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 16:21:07 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:10727 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751279AbWE2UVG (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 16:21:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 13:20:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Gabor Gombas cc: Jan Engelhardt , Kyle McMartin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add compile domain (was: Re: [PATCH] Well, Linus seems to like Lordi...) In-Reply-To: <20060529120821.GD22245@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> Message-ID: References: <20060525141714.GA31604@skunkworks.cabal.ca> <20060529120821.GD22245@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 960 Lines: 25 On Mon, 29 May 2006, Gabor Gombas wrote: > > Which full hostname? I have access to a machine with 2 NICs having 5 > IPv4 addresses total, and none of the associated DNS records correspond > to the hostname. That is no less true for the non-full hostname. The fact is, a hostname is a hostname, and not "5 different hostnames". You're right that it has nothing to do with the IP address, but where did I claim it did? If you have to have a hostname (and we do - it's undeniably part of what UNIX networking does), it's much better to make the hostname be a fully qualified one. Because it's never worse than having just a non-qualified one, and it is often better, and avoids the whole confusion. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/