Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932180AbWE3Nyr (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 09:54:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932197AbWE3Nyr (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 09:54:47 -0400 Received: from boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu ([193.225.12.226]:10985 "EHLO boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932180AbWE3Nyq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 09:54:46 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:54:44 +0200 From: Gabor Gombas To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add compile domain Message-ID: <20060530135444.GA10831@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> References: <20060529122536.GE22245@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Copyright: Forwarding or publishing without permission is prohibited. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1048 Lines: 25 On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 01:13:51AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > There are some (common) applications which bind more meaning to that string. > Most noteable MTAs if they are configured to detect things automatically. MTAs and most other sensible daemons have configuration options for overriding the host name exactly because the heuristic of "try to use gethostname() and hope that it is resolvable" does not work in many cases. Using the hostname by default is fine if you keep in mind that it is only a heuristic and that it is not guaranteed to work. Gabor -- --------------------------------------------------------- MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences --------------------------------------------------------- - 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/