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Date: Sun,  7 Mar 2010 18:07:19 +0100
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From: Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ndb and shortening names
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On 7 March 2010 17:44, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> sys =3D penelopa
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0dom=3Dpenelopa.karlov.mff.cuni.cz
>>
>> to /lib/ndb/local
>>
>> But that doesn't help. What's missing?
>
> an ip address. =A0also the spaces around the '=3D'
> mean that ndb will fail to see sys/penelopa
> as a key/value pair.
>
> since there is no ip address, dns is used.
> and you have to use the long-form address.
>
> - erik

Well. The ip address is not specified because it could possibly change.
However, removing the spaces around =3D helped.

Btw. I saw the spaces in 'The Organization of Networks in Plan9' by
Presotto & Winterbottom, part 4.1. on page 8, see 'sys =3D helix'. So
there it is probably wrong...

Thanks!
Ruda