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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather
 than "(none)"
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:12:40 -0700
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Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
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To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@vyatta.com> wrote:
>
> It makes sense but this behavior has existed so long in Linux
> that some distro might actually be depending on it.

Yes. Also, quite frankly, I do _not_ think that "localhost" is in any
way a more correct hostname.

I'd rather have an obviously invalid hostname for a machine that
hasn't been set up correctly than one that might work by random
chance.

                                    Linus