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thorfinn@zip.com.au (Thorfinn) writes:
>Dave Fitch wrote:
[lost hostname problem]
>Did you have a modified /etc/sendmail.cf and possibly some dip
>scripts?  They're pro'ly gone or overwritten too.

Yes I did, but they all survived ok.  I found the problem, it was
just a stupid little thing - one more line missing from /etc/hosts.

>Slackware re-installation *will* without any warning whatsover,
>overwrite files that it wants to install.
>This is a "feature" of slackware.
>If you want something that doesn't do this, or at least, provides more
>warning if you do so, then try redhat.
>Alternately, upgrade everything from sources yourself, and don't touch
>pkgtool upgrades.

Very odd!!  (what an "interesting" "feature"!)
I assumed I must have accidentally stuffed something up, as nothing
I was installing should have overwritten files like /etc/hosts and
/etc/HOSTNAME etc.

Thanks for the help.
Dave.
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