From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ken Olum Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: init_system_name fqdn? Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:17:03 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497622688 5359 195.159.176.226 (16 Jun 2017 14:18:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:18:08 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 16 16:18:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dLs4a-0001Ba-7b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:18:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59137 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLs4f-0006f2-H6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:18:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39103) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLs3n-0006U4-6y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLs3i-0002XZ-5d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:17:15 -0400 Original-Received: from cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ([130.64.84.253]:53312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLs3i-0002UP-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:17:10 -0400 Original-Received: from kdo by cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ([local]:local) with local id 1dLs3b-000155-B1 - Using Exim-4.84 (MandrivaLinux) MTA (return-path ); Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:17:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 130.64.84.253 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215669 Archived-At: A while back, init_system_name tried to find the system's fully qualified domain name. Then this code was taken out, and now it just uses whatever gethostname returns. I think this is a poor choice. Many systems are configured without a fully qualified hostname. Then when you send mail you get "i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me" in your from address. Of course this is easily fixed by setting mail-host-address, e.g., in site-start.el, but then when you go to report a bug and say "emacs -Q" ... "M-x report-emacs-bug" you are back to "so tickle me". Ken