Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932084AbWE2XNy (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:13:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932085AbWE2XNy (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:13:54 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:2519 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932084AbWE2XNx (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 19:13:53 -0400 From: be-news06@lina.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add compile domain Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <20060529122536.GE22245@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 01:13:51 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 868 Lines: 19 Gabor Gombas wrote: > No. Hostname does not have to resolve to _anything_. The hostname is > just a string that identifies the machine for _humans_. It is nothing > more, nothing less. It follows that a hostname should be just as unique > as it's human users are concerned, it has no relation to subnets or > FQDN or any other network term. There are some (common) applications which bind more meaning to that string. Most noteable MTAs if they are configured to detect things automatically. The kernel does not care (well I do ignore some exotic cluster, dlm, remote-ipc, security stacks) Gruss Bernd - 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/