GNU bug report logs - #19438
24.4; system-name bad cache

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:22:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 19438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 19438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19438: 24.4; system-name bad cache
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:57:13 -0500

> I am seeing this: (system-name) => Leos-MacBook.local
> but a freshly-started emacs gives me: 014136144036.static.ctinets.com

AFAIK neither of those two names correspond to the intended meaning of
`system-name', which should be "the name of machine" (something that
ideally won't change until the machine is retired or at most
re-purposed), rather than "some DNS name you can use to access the
machine".


        Stefan
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