Re: [LFN24079170] [Feature Request] hostname providing -s parameter

[Nicholas Stallard]

Hello Jim, 
Hello Paul,

> address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:
> > Nicholas Stallard <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Is there any chance that the coreutils hostname could
> >> accept a -s parameter (with the above mentioned functionality),
> >> and if omitted, simply behave like it already does?
> >
> > There was some talk a while back about merging the hostname from
> > gettext into coreutils.  That implementation supports the -s option,
> > among others.  Maybe Jim or Bruno can say what the current status is.
> 
> Adding Bruno's hostname changes (including -s) is on
> the list for the next test release.  Many such things
> are listed in coreutils' TODO file.

That sounds good. Thank you both for your fast reply.
I will be looking forward to the next release of coreutils.

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