Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:50:11 GMT From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/76089: The "-n" option in /usr/bin/w is broken Message-ID: <200502140650.j1E6oB5r076326@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/76089; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jesper@hackunite.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/76089: The "-n" option in /usr/bin/w is broken Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:45:44 +0300 Peter Jeremy wrote: > Depending on the environment, the IP address may be more changeable > than the hostname. Definitely, in a DHCP or dialup environment, you > can't rely on the IP address at any time other than during the > session. There is little (if any) benefit in logging the IP address > instead of the hostname. I agree, environments are different. So may be it makes no sense to change hostname with IP. It was just an idea. But fact is, we lost 'w -n' semantic. And it should be fixed. BTW, UT_HOSTSIZE=16 is too short in my opinion. -- Sem.
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