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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