On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:

> 1) In /etc/myname I have "acheron.middleboro.ma.us", sans quotes. I noticed
> in /etc/rc/conf that there are spots to include both a hostname and a domain
> name. Would I be correct in assuming that I'd include nothing but "acheron"
> as the hostname, and nothing but "middleboro.ma.us" as the domain name? I
> don't have a sufficient clue, and I didn't see anything in the rc.conf man
> page that would point in either direction. My sendmail and everything else
> work well enough with my current setup, but I'd like to do things in the
> canonical fashion.

As others have mentioned, that's the NIS domain name, not the DNS domain
name.

> 2) Why is -current -currently at 1.3B, and not 1.3A? I remember something
> from the netbsd-current list from Perry saying that he was going to explain
> this, but evidently I missed the explanation. Just curious.

The kernel source as still available via cvs during the 1.3 alpha/beta
stages. A big config change went in during that time.

Take care,

Bill