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From: baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Steven L. Baur)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm Configure
Message-ID: <652@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Date: 7 Jul 90 07:38:57 GMT
References: <935@limbo.Intuitive.Com>
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA
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From article <935@limbo.Intuitive.Com>, by taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor):
> Steven L. Baur of TRW writes:
>> Are there any installations out there that *have* to have the hostname
>> hardcoded?  The wording of that question (present in the Dave Taylor days)
>> sounds like he had an axe to grind somewhere.

> Well, I'm confused.  I just looked over the Configure.sh script that
> was in the last "Dave Taylor days" release (I like the sound of that! :-)
> and I can't find anything to do with hardcoded hostnames.

I stand corrected, sorry.  In e-mail to me, Syd attributed the wording of
this question to Larry Wall, and Brain Dead UNIX PCs as to the why of
having it there in the first place.  I misremembered when it first appeared.

I knew there was something wierd behind this Configure question, and had
forgotten that my first experiences with System V were with a version where
you had to relink the kernel to change the hostname (that system is sitting
on a shelf collecting dust, alas).


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steve	baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM