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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:59:34 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: syslogd(8) does not update hostname
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On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 11:24:16AM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> I don't agree with this change.
> 
> hostname != name-that-IP-address-resolves-to.

Dunno what you are talking about. That has nothing directly to do with
this. No one is talking about forcing you to change your hostname. The
patch just allows syslogd(8) to take note if the hostname were to
change.
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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