From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather than "(none)"
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:47:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16567.1302576446@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:01:59 PDT." <20110411050155.GA2507@feather>
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:01:59 PDT, Josh Triplett said:
> Change the default hostname to "localhost". This removes the need for
> the standard fallback, provides a useful default for systems that never
> call sethostname, and makes minimal systems that much more useful with
> less configuration.
Seems sane enough to me. Only possible objection I can think of is "if you're running
with 'init=/bin/sh' or similar config too crippled to run /bin/hostname, maybe your
network config *should* be intentionally toasted so you can't get further surprises".
I personally don't agree - just saying somebody might hold that position.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-11 5:01 [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather than "(none)" Josh Triplett
2011-04-11 12:39 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-04-11 15:02 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-04-11 15:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-04-11 18:53 ` Josh Triplett
2011-04-12 2:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
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