Bug#1073539: libnss-myhostname: incorrect documentation leading to breakage

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 upstream
Control: close -1

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:48:39 +0000 cacin at allfreemail.net wrote:
> Package: libnss-myhostname
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the manpage for libnss-myhostname contains this line:
> 
> ```
> It is recommended to place "myhostname" after "file" and before
"dns".
> ```
> 
> However the correct name is not "file" but "files", so the line
should
> be:
> 
> ```
> It is recommended to place "myhostname" after "files" and before
"dns".
> ```
> 
> Using "file" instead of "files" leads to /etc/hosts not being used
and
> thus causing hostname resolution failures for hostnames defined in
that
> file.
> 
> The documentation should therefore be fixed. It applies to both sid
and
> bookworm.

There are no patches for manpages, please report this directly upstream
or better yet, send a PR: https://github.com/systemd/systemd

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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