Arch Linux

xorg-xinet depends on inetutils, a set of legacy, deprecated and totally insecure network tools like rsh, rcp, talk, ... and their server counterparts with systemd services. I don't want any of these on my systems.

As far as I can see, this is only because /usr/bin/startx uses `hostname`.

Could startx be patched to use compatible /usr/lib/gettext/hostname instead? (gettext is required by base.)
So we can get red of inetutils on many Arch installations. (fans of `telnet` can continue to install inetutils, of course.)

Alternatively, maybe gettext should provide /usr/bin/hostname, instead of inetutils. Their functionality is the same.



$ /usr/bin/hostname --help
Usage: hostname [OPTION...] [NAME]
Show or set the system's host name.

-a, --aliases alias names
-d, --domain DNS domain name
-f, --fqdn, --long DNS host name or FQDN
-F, --file=FILE set host name or NIS domain name from FILE
-i, --ip-addresses addresses for the host name
-s, --short short host name
-y, --yp, --nis NIS/YP domain name
-?, --help give this help list
--usage give a short usage message
-V, --version print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.



$ /usr/lib/gettext/hostname --help
Usage: /usr/lib/gettext/hostname [OPTION]

Print the machine's hostname.

Output format:
-s, --short short host name
-f, --fqdn, --long long host name, includes fully qualified domain
name, and aliases
-i, --ip-address addresses for the hostname

Informative output:
-h, --help display this help and exit
-V, --version output version information and exit

Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.