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Date:      Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:50:08 GMT
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@csail.mit.edu>
To:        freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   standards/137173: `uname -n` incorrect behavior
Message-ID:  <200907272150.n6RLo8TS011707@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR standards/137173; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@csail.mit.edu>
To: Andy Kosela <akosela@andykosela.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: standards/137173: `uname -n` incorrect behavior
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:19:36 -0400

 <<On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:26:24 GMT, Andy Kosela <akosela@andykosela.com> said:
 
 > Currently `uname -n` prints the name of the system (FQDN) to standard output.  I believe this is incorrect behavior according to IEEE Std 1003.1.
 
 > -n
 >     Write the name of this node within an implementation-defined communications network.
 
 What makes you think that the behavior of "uname -n" does not match
 this description?
 
 -GAWollman



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