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From: | Simon Josefsson |
Subject: | Re: [bug-inetutils] dnsdomainname, domainname, nisdomainname, ypdomainname |
Date: | Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:01:54 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.130003 (Ma Gnus v0.3) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes: > > Looks good; but after looking at the actual name for > > dnsdomainname several times now I cringe... Domain Name Service > > Domain Name?! Does domainname do the same as dnsdomainname? Can > > we use that instead? > > The semantics of these four tools are more or less set in stone, > for compatibility with existing tools. The terminology in this > area is indeed confused but given the background I can't see what > we can do more than making sure the documentation is complete. > Simple memory rule: > > I was afraid of that, oh well... Anyway, go go go Simon go! I have pushed 'dnsdomainname' now. Let's take a look at the others next... /Simon
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