Re: [PATCH] Fix \H: Use getaddrinfo to get full hostname

From	Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: [PATCH] Fix \H: Use getaddrinfo to get full hostname
Date	2019-07-24 17:23 +0200
Organization	Gentoo Foundation, Inc
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On 2019-07-24 16:46, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> I hope you are not talking about putting FQDN into a file which is
>> expecting hostname only...
> 
> Yes, many people do precisely that.  They configure their systems
> so the "hostname" command returns an FQDN, as I showed above.  (Not
> my design, not my choice.)

I consider this as misconfiguration. :(

I can't believe that we somehow encourage people to either do something
wrong (put FQDN where just non-FQDN is expected and bypass DNS
mechanism) or use $(hostname -f) in PS1 when they want FQDN.

Anyway, back to bash:

So you are rejecting this patch, right? Maybe update man page at least
to clarify that "\H" in contrast to "\h" is supposed to return the same
value but _unfiltered_?

Thanks.

-- 
Regards,
Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer
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