Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:29:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using CVSup on a temporary PPP connection ? Message-ID: <199806152029.VAA11571@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:32:43 %2B0200." <H000057c0163407a@MHS>
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> Hello,
>
> I would like to track the developpment of -stable on my home box, so I
> loaded the repository (from the 2,2.6-R CD-ROM) on a separate
> partition of my disk. I wanted to get up to date with stable (via
> CVSup).
>
> My connection to the Internet is via a PPP link, and the IP address
> for my end of the PPP link changes from connection to connection. As I
> don't have a permanent IP address, the name of my machine is still
> mymachine.my.domain (dafault of rc.conf).
>
> cvsup complains because it can't resolve this name.
>
> I could get around this by setting the host name after the the PPP -
> linkup, but it is a kludge (and this won't work when I set up a
> private network with PPP aliasing).
>
> Is there a better solution ? (CTM ?)
Put an entry for mymachine.my.domain in /etc/hosts and change the
ordering in /etc/host.conf. You may as well take the opportunity to
personalise the machine with a nicer name though.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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