1 |
On 08/24/2016 04:17 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
2 |
> On 08/24/2016 03:12 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: |
3 |
>>> |
4 |
>> That seems like a fair compromise. Those who want /etc/hostname get to |
5 |
>> use it, those who don't won't need to change anything. |
6 |
>> |
7 |
> |
8 |
> Does anyone want it? This feels like a legacy backwards compatibility |
9 |
> hack that we're adding after it's obsolete, to support no one. Is there |
10 |
> a single use case for it? |
11 |
> |
12 |
> |
13 |
I imagine _someone_ out there wants it, otherwise we wouldn't be |
14 |
discussing it. |
15 |
|
16 |
But those of us who use /etc/conf.d/hostname shouldn't need to change |
17 |
anything for a package or two that insists on /etc/hostname. |
18 |
|
19 |
I've not yet learned/used containers so I don't personally have a use |
20 |
for /etc/hostname. |
21 |
-- |
22 |
Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer |
23 |
OpenPGP Key: 0x1EA055D6 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net |
24 |
fpr: AE03 9064 AE00 053C 270C 1DE4 6F7A 9091 1EA0 55D6 |