Bug 144687 - /etc/host.conf is obsolete
Summary: /etc/host.conf is obsolete
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: setup
Version: 3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-01-10 17:47 UTC by Joe Krahn
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:51 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-01-10 21:21:02 UTC
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Description Joe Krahn 2005-01-10 17:47:18 UTC
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Description of problem:
The /etc/host.conf file is obsoleted by /etc/nsswitch.conf.
This is supposed to only be for libc4/libc5 binaries. It should
be indicated as obsolete in the man page, and probably as a
comment in the distributed /etc/host.conf.

There is still a reference to it in /lib/libc-2.3.3.so, so it
may need to be kept around for a while.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
setup-2.5.33-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
N/A
    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-10 21:21:02 UTC
After discussions with the libc maintainer, this isn't really
something we want to change. It's needed for compatibility, and is not
actually completely replaced by NSS.


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