matthew green wrote:
   > i think others have had this problem in the past.  some per-process
   > hostid solution is needed, really...
   
   I don't necessarily oppose that, just wonder what is it used
   for ?


sometimes programs are tied to a particular hostid.  sometimes you
want to run two such programs tied to different hostid's.  this
allows one to do this.  sometimes LD_PRELOAD can also be used...
but sometimes not.


.mrg.