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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:17:16 -0500
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Subject: Re: docs/143472: gethostname(3) references undefined
	value:	HOST_NAME_MAX
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brucec@freebsd.org wrote:

>Standards PR. The specification is slightly confusing between
>gethostname
>and limits.h but ultimately clear that HOST_NAME_MAX can be ommitted
>and
>and that sysconf should be used. 

The Standard uses special typography to indicate these parameters; we should, too.

_GAWollman