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Re: Use www.gnu.org as example hostname in manual (bug 10014)
- From: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:42:07 +1000
- Subject: Re: Use www.gnu.org as example hostname in manual (bug 10014)
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1209062324500.26149@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On 07/09/12 09:29, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> Bug 10014 requests a change to an example hostname in the manual.
> www.gnu.org was suggested as a suitable alternative in discussion in
> that bug; this patch uses that name. Tested with "make info html
> pdf".
>
> 2012-09-06 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
>
> [BZ #10014]
> * manual/socket.texi (Host Addresses): Use www.gnu.org as example
> host name.
>
> diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi
> index a08ac4c..b12c591 100644
> --- a/manual/socket.texi
> +++ b/manual/socket.texi
> @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ numeric host addresses as sequences of up to eight numbers separated by
> colons, as in @samp{5f03:1200:836f:c100::1}.
>
> Each computer also has one or more @dfn{host names}, which are strings
> -of words separated by periods, as in @samp{mescaline.gnu.org}.
> +of words separated by periods, as in @samp{www.gnu.org}.
>
> Programs that let the user specify a host typically accept both numeric
> addresses and host names. To open a connection a program needs a
>
Note the mescaline.gnu.org was also used in manual/examples/inetcli.c,
so you probably want to change that too.
Allan