Re: [MiNT] kernel development

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.com>]

> It (/etc/host) is neither read nor written by the MiNTLib.  I think 
> it is also ignored by MiNTNet altogether.  Remove it?

I think so, unless someone positively reports it has a purpose.

> Why not make gethostname and sethostname kernel calls?  
> Sethostname should either be called by /etc/rc.net or - which I think 
> makes more sense with MiNT - in mint.cnf. 

Actually, as Robert pointed out, systems that use DNS to set the
domain on the fly won't work with hard-coded domains or hostnames.

> Whatever program sets the hostname could also update
> /etc/hostname for compatibility with old software.

This, I agree.
 
> The file-system based solution is actually a work-around missing 
> kernel functionality, isn't it?  

After talking with my dayjob's admin, I learned that HOSTNAME is
usually set in one of the bootup scripts, then it can be requested 
using the 'hostname' command, when needed.  The file /etc/hostname
is mostly there to accomodate older software that expect the file.

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