[Bug 1483187] Re: $HOSTALIASES does not allow IP addresses

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On 2015-08-10T09:41:20+00:00 Shahar Or wrote:

It would be nice to be able to use $HOSTALIASES like:

foo 10.10.10.10

And not only:

foo bar

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1483187/comments/2


** Changed in: glibc
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: glibc
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Title:
  $HOSTALIASES does not allow IP addresses

Status in GLibC:
  Confirmed
Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in glibc package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  $HOSTALIASES, as described [here](http://man7.org/linux/man-
  pages/man3/gethostbyname.3.html),

  Does not allow use of hostname to IP address resolutions. Only
  hostname to hostname resolutions.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Mon Aug 10 12:34:41 2015
  Dependencies:
   gcc-5-base 5.1.1-14ubuntu1
   libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4
   libgcc1 1:5.1.1-14ubuntu1
   multiarch-support 2.21-0ubuntu4
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-12 (1762 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: glibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2014-11-11 (271 days ago)

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