Re: [PATCH] POSIX-hostname up to 255 characters

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-05-26 10:28:13 -0700, Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> [Patch touchin all archs]
>>> ...and this should have gone to linux-arch, too...
>>
>> so how does someone know:
>> (a) that this should have gone to linux-arch
>
> Anything that modifies all architectures (eg. new system calls,
> low-level MM changes, ...) should go to linux-arch. This is where all
> architecture maintainers are expected to be around.
>
>> (b) that linux-arch exists
>
> Noticing the existance of linux-arch is admittedly a hard job. It's a
> quite specialized low-volume list, so most people actually never ever
> recognize it--unfortunately.
>
>> (c) what it's full email address it?
>
> The list's email address is linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> I.e., where is all of this explained?
>
> Nowhere :-/
>
> MfG, JBG

MAXHOSTNAMELEN, defined by POSIX, is 64 bytes. You can't just
change it to 255. If you did, all servers in the universe, all
everything would have to be shutdown, recompiled, and rebooted
simultaneously. You can't have a name-server returning a 255-byte
string when a mail-server can only handle 64 bytes.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.4 on an i686 machine (5592.73 BogoMips).
New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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