[arch-general] On deprecation of net-tools
With the recent deprecation of net-tools I did notice some changes: - The binary 'hostname' now accepts remarkably few options, specifically 'hostname -d' no longer works. - The command 'dnsdomainname' disappeared. (I'm not really sure why I ended up using it though, since 'hostname -d' would have worked just as well.) I have read FS#24647 already, so I'm aware that some of this is being worked on. What I'm wondering is, what can I do in the meantime to get 'hostname -d' back? -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. -- Alan Kay
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
With the recent deprecation of net-tools I did notice some changes:
- The binary 'hostname' now accepts remarkably few options, specifically 'hostname -d' no longer works. - The command 'dnsdomainname' disappeared. (I'm not really sure why I ended up using it though, since 'hostname -d' would have worked just as well.)
I have read FS#24647 already, so I'm aware that some of this is being worked on. What I'm wondering is, what can I do in the meantime to get 'hostname -d' back?
Install net-tools and coreutils from [testing], where this has already been resolved (reverted to the old behavior). -t
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 02:38:29AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
With the recent deprecation of net-tools I did notice some changes:
- The binary 'hostname' now accepts remarkably few options, specifically 'hostname -d' no longer works. - The command 'dnsdomainname' disappeared. (I'm not really sure why I ended up using it though, since 'hostname -d' would have worked just as well.)
I have read FS#24647 already, so I'm aware that some of this is being worked on. What I'm wondering is, what can I do in the meantime to get 'hostname -d' back?
Install net-tools and coreutils from [testing], where this has already been resolved (reverted to the old behavior).
Ah, thanks for that info! /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay
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