209.157.85.45   atomic.clock.org  atomic  atomic-le0    # SPARC Classic
   209.157.85.46   digital.clock.org digital digital-le0 nfs0 # SPARC LX
   209.157.85.47   broadcast.clock.org  broadcast
   #
   209.157.85.48   nfs-net.mercy.st.clock.org
   209.157.85.49   digital.clock.org digital-le1 nfs1      # SPARC LX
   209.157.85.50   atomic.clock.org atomic-nfs atomic-le1  # SPARC Classic
   
   so, I ask for "digital-le1", what do I get in the hosts address field? If
   the answer is not "209.157.85.49" *followed* by "209.157.85.46", then
   you've just screwed everyone with a multi-homed host.


i don't follow much of what you said above.  can you tell me why you'd
expect to get the .46 address from a name query when that address isn't
the same name?  and why would this screw multihomed people?


i have a lot of multihomed NetBSD machines and if i ask for an interface
specific alias i've listed in /etc/hosts, i REALLY don't want the other
addresses being returned.  that's why i asked for *this* interfaces names'
address.  if i wanted them all, i'd use the Real Name.


.mrg.