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diff -up hostname/hostname.1.rh hostname/hostname.1
--- hostname/hostname.1.rh	2012-12-06 16:18:46.000000000 +0100
+++ hostname/hostname.1	2013-03-26 12:39:24.303468313 +0100
@@ -84,6 +84,28 @@ complete FQDN of the system is returned
 .B "THE FQDN"
 below).
 
+.LP
+The function 
+.BR gethostname(2)
+is used to get the hostname.  When the 
+.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i" 
+is called will 
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+be called.  The difference in 
+.BR gethostname(2)
+and
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+is that
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+is network aware, so it consults 
+.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
+and
+.IR /etc/host.conf
+to decide whether to read information in
+.IR /etc/hostname
+or
+.IR /etc/hosts
+
 .SS "SET NAME"
 When called with one argument or with the
 .B \-\-file
@@ -109,8 +131,7 @@ command (see
 .B "THE FQDN"
 below).
 .LP
-The host name is usually set once at system startup in
-.I /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
+The host name is usually set once at system startup
 (normally by reading the contents of a file which contains
 the host name, e.g.
 .IR /etc/hostname ).
diff -up hostname/Makefile.rh hostname/Makefile
--- hostname/Makefile.rh	2012-02-16 16:00:52.000000000 +0100
+++ hostname/Makefile	2013-03-26 12:39:24.303468313 +0100
@@ -3,30 +3,29 @@ CFLAGS+=-O2 -Wall
 # uncomment the following line if you want to install to a different base dir.
 #BASEDIR=/mnt/test
 
+BINDIR:=/bin
+
 OBJS=hostname.o
 
 hostname: $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lnsl
-	ln -fs hostname dnsdomainname
-	ln -fs hostname domainname
-	ln -fs hostname ypdomainname
-	ln -fs hostname nisdomainname
 
 install: hostname
 	install -d ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
-	install -o root -g root -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+	install -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/dnsdomainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/domainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/ypdomainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/nisdomainname.1
 	#install -o root -g root -m 0644 hostname.1.fr ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/hostname.1
 
-	install -d ${BASEDIR}/bin
-	install -o root -g root -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/dnsdomainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/domainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/nisdomainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/ypdomainname
+	install -d ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)
+	install -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/dnsdomainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/domainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/nisdomainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/ypdomainname
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(OBJS) hostname dnsdomainname domainname nisdomainname ypdomainname