[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [PSA] minor filesystem changes

[Leonid Isaev]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:43:23 +0200
Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I just pushed a new filesystem package to testing with two minor changes:
> 
> We now rely on nss-myhostname being installed, so we no longer have to
> instruct people to put their local hostname in /etc/hosts.
> The archlinux(7) manpage was updated to reflect that, as well as to
> refer to some features of systemd in testing which should make the
> basic setup more straight-forward (timezone and hostname config in
> particular).

So, is it safe to remove /etc/hosts after updating the filesystem, or there
are some applications which still expect it?.. Thanks.

> 
> Please let me know if you notice any issues. When all of this moves to
> core, I guess the wiki/beginners guide should be updated too... ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom



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