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Message-ID: | <3738C473.D2105F0D@meridian22.net> |
Date: | Wed, 12 May 1999 00:59:47 +0100 |
From: | Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> |
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To: | djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | $HOSTNAME doesn't override library code |
Reply-To: | djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com |
Hello. I've just been looking at the source file src/libc/compat/unistd/gethostn.c and I noticed that you cannot override the string returned by gethostname() by setting $HOSTNAME. Would it not be better to let the user override it? Otherwise programs are stuck with the ugly LAN Manager names - no DNS domain name, etc. This behaviour seems to contradict the approach taken with $USER.
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