[ruby-core:121026] [Ruby master Bug#21095] Prefer `uname -n` over `hostname` in tests.
From:
"k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun) via ruby-core" <ruby-core@...>
Date:
2025-02-14 05:12:17 UTC
List:
ruby-core #121026
Issue #21095 has been updated by k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun). Backport changed from 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: REQUIRED, 3.4: REQUIRED to 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: REQUIRED, 3.4: DONE ruby_3_4 commit:feb4a688a24a1966c8d08962a1104001234efcae merged revision(s) commit:46b544c54955348ef1ea9692b837b061f59f91cd, commit:d3abee739f4feb91bb9aaae33877d70c8c576db0. ---------------------------------------- Bug #21095: Prefer `uname -n` over `hostname` in tests. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21095#change-111934 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Closed * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: REQUIRED, 3.4: DONE ---------------------------------------- It turns out that `hostname`, while a defacto standard, is not actually a standard in any official sense. On Linux, it's distributed as part of the `inettools` package, and while generally available on other platforms (BSD, Windows, MacOS), it isn't actually part of any standard. The `uname(1)` system call and `uname(2)` command ARE standardised by POSIX and the Open Group, and are included in most base systems without the need to install extra packages (e.g. `inettools` on Linux). As such, I was requested by the Arch Linux Ruby maintainer, to prefer using `uname -n` as they would like to drop the dependency on `inettools` which has various issues; see <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/inetutils/-/issues/2#note_211062> for more context and background. I've been asked if this can be back ported to 3.3 and 3.4 and while it's not strictly a bug, it will reduce friction in the distribution channels, so I'd like to propose that we backport to 3.4 and if possible 3.3 too. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ ______________________________________________ ruby-core mailing list -- ruby-core@ml.ruby-lang.org To unsubscribe send an email to ruby-core-leave@ml.ruby-lang.org ruby-core info -- https://ml.ruby-lang.org/mailman3/lists/ruby-core.ml.ruby-lang.org/