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Hajime Saitou writes:

> I have a question.

> Do you plan to make the binary kits for all linux platforms or just
> those with internet access?

> I have had problems running (not compling) xemacs on a standalone
> linux machine. However this problem can be overcome by #undef-ing
> HAVE_SOCKETS in config.h. Instead I have HAVE_SYSVIPC set instead. I
> havn't really looked into this to see if this is a good idea or not.

> The best way to get by the HAVE_SOCKETS problem on a linux machine is
> probably to set ethernet as a loopback. But if you consider the fact
> that most linux distributions do not do this for you, it may be better
> to either have two binary distributions or change the function
> get_internet_address in process.c (which is what gives you trouble on
> a standalone machine).

Does this fix the ``problem'' with /etc/hosts being

127.0.0.1	my-misconfigured-hostname.goes.here
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