Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] /etc/hosts and the parade

[Hans Petter Jansson <hpj helixcode com>]

> Can the backend people get the /etc/hosts parsing to accept lines that
> are valid hosts lines except that they are commented out?
> 
> Like these:
> 
> #209.116.70.70	cvs.gnome.org
> #209.116.70.71	mail.gnome.org

I can make it do like with other config files - i.e. keep comments when
writing the file.

Or would you rather have it do something else, like passing on commented-out
hosts to the frontend, with an enabled/disabled attribute?


> (Hmm, was this worded really poorly?)

(Not at all.)

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Hans Petter