forcemerge 7354 7353
tags 7353 notabug
close 7353
thanks

On 11/08/2010 02:15 PM, FINKEL, PAUL D (ATTSI) wrote:
> Thanks, figured it out!

In which case, I'm merging your two emails into a single bug report and
closing it as not a bug.

> 
> Paul Finkel
> AT&T CSO
> 732_420_3105
> 
> 
>> _____________________________________________ 
>> From: 	FINKEL, PAUL D (ATTSI)  
>> Sent:	Monday, November 08, 2010 3:57 PM
>> To:	'bug-coreutils@gnu.org'
>> Subject:	hostid returns 00000000
>>
>> These are both newly created VM servers running Red Hat 5_3 64 bit
>>
>> output from `uname -a`:
>>
>> Linux vmdbxx01 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux   

I'm still not sure what you were trying to report as anomalous behavior
in the first place, but life can sure be funny how the mere act of
trying to explain a situation to someone else makes it painfully obvious
to oneself what the real problem is, without needing any feedback. :)

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