Am 22.10.2012 15:38, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
Hi guys,
I'd like to suggest that we add nss-myhostname to the base group, enable it by default in /etc/nsswitch.conf and make 'filesystem' depend on it.
This means that the admin no longer has to make sure that /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts are kept in sync, as nss-myhostname will make sure that the local hostname can always be resolved. In particular this means that most people can leave /etc/hosts unchanged so it should simplify the configuration of a basic Arch system.
For more information see: <http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname/>.
I just installed it for the first time, and I can confirm Lennart's assessment on the homepage - quote: "Current Status It works!" I also found it marginally useful. Comparing its marginal usefulness to the 28KB "installed size", you'll see a typical example of the bloat that Poettering adds to our hard drives. However, this works around a bug in minecraft, so +1!