netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather than "(none)"

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:12:40 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather
 than "(none)"

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
>
> It makes sense but this behavior has existed so long in Linux
> that some distro might actually be depending on it.

Yes. Also, quite frankly, I do _not_ think that "localhost" is in any
way a more correct hostname.

I'd rather have an obviously invalid hostname for a machine that
hasn't been set up correctly than one that might work by random
chance.

                                    Linus
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