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Re: Problem with Hostname
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with Hostname |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:55:33 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> This command that accepts the -f option is *not* the GNU hostname
> command.
>
> There is a small confusion, there are two versions of GNU hostname.
> One that supports -f (GNU Inetutils hostname), and one that doesn't
> (GNU Coreutils hostname). The one in coreutils is not installed by
> default. Maybe we should remove the one in coreutils?
Oh! I didn't know that. I was careful to say GNU Coreutils hostname
after that to differentiate from GNU Inetutils hostname. Thanks for
the information.
Having two GNU hostname commands is confusing.
Bob