libnss-myhostname

Nss module providing fallback resolution for the current hostname
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This package contains a plugin for the name service switch, providing host name resolution for the locally configured system hostname as returned by gethostname(2). it returns all locally configured public ip addresses or -- if none are configured, the ipv4 address 127.0.1.1 (which is on the local loopback) and the ipv6 address ::1 (which is the local host).

a lot of software relies on that the local host name is resolvable. this package provides an alternative to the fragile and error-prone manual editing of /etc/hosts.

installing this package automatically adds myhostname to /etc/nsswitch.conf.