pkgs/net-tools/patches/net-tools-1.60-hostname_man.patch

   1 --- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1.gethostbyname   2005-10-14 11:33:41.000000000 +0200
   2 +++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1 2005-10-15 11:46:14.646697600 +0200
   3 @@ -99,6 +99,33 @@
   4  complete FQDN of the system is returned with
   5  .BR "hostname \-\-fqdn" .
   6
   7 +.LP
   8 +The function
   9 +.BR gethostname(2)
  10 +is used to get the hostname.  When the
  11 +.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i"
  12 +is called will
  13 +.BR gethostbyname(3)
  14 +be called.  The difference in
  15 +.BR gethostname(2)
  16 +and
  17 +.BR gethostbyname(3)
  18 +is that
  19 +.BR gethostbyname(3)
  20 +is network aware, so it consults
  21 +.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
  22 +and
  23 +.IR /etc/host.conf
  24 +to decide whether to read information in
  25 +.IR /etc/sysconfig/network
  26 +or
  27 +.IR /etc/hosts
  28 +
  29 +To add another dimension to this,
  30 +the
  31 +.B hostname
  32 +is also set when the network interface is brought up.
  33 +
  34  .SS "SET NAME"
  35  When called with one argument or with the
  36  .B \-\-file