From 87a477c74e2478e94e89e7026cf7207fcdc2dffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 15:17:34 +0200 Subject: build-sys: prepare release --- doc/README.html.in | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/README.html.in b/doc/README.html.in index 4721c4d..f786182 100644 --- a/doc/README.html.in +++ b/doc/README.html.in @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

nss-myhostname @PACKAGE_VERSION@

License

News

Mon May 9 2011:

Version +0.3 released. Changes include: Always return locally configured IP +addresses first, use 127.0.0.2/::1 only as fallback if no addresses +are configured.

Mon Oct 27 2008:

nss-myhostname is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution for the locally configured system hostname as -returned by gethostname(2). A lot of software relies on that the -local host name is resolvable via DNS to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. When -using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by -patching /etc/hosts which however is suboptimal since it -requires a writable /etc file system and is fragile because -the file might also be edited by the -administrator. nss-myhostname simply returns the IPv4 +returned by gethostname(2). Various software relies on an +always resolvable local host name. When using dynamic hostnames this +is usually achieved by patching /etc/hosts at the same time +as changing the host name. This however is not ideal since it requires +a writable /etc file system and is fragile because the file +might be edited by the administrator at the same +time. nss-myhostname simply returns all locally configure +public IP addresses, or -- if none are configured -- the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (wich is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host) for whatever -system hostname is configured locally. Patching /etc/hostname is thus no longer necessary.

+system hostname is configured locally. Patching /etc/hosts +is thus no longer necessary.

Current Status

nss-myhostname uses NSS interfaces that are specific to modern glibc's.

nss-myhostname was developed and tested on Fedora 10 -from October 2008, it should work on most other Linux -distributions since it uses GNU autoconf and -GNU libtool for source code configuration and shared library -management.

nss-myhostname was developed and tested on Fedora 15 from +May 2011, it should work on most other Linux distributions since it +uses GNU autoconf and GNU libtool for source code configuration and +shared library management.

Installation

make install

git clone git://git.0pointer.de/nss-myhostname

Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, October 2008

Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, May 2011