-returned by <tt>gethostname(2)</tt>. A lot of software relies on that the
-local host name is resolvable via DNS to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. When
-using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by
-patching <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> which however is suboptimal since it
-requires a writable <tt>/etc</tt> file system and is fragile because
-the file might also be edited by the
-administrator. <tt>nss-myhostname</tt> simply returns the IPv4
+returned by <tt>gethostname(2)</tt>. Various software relies on an
+always resolvable local host name. When using dynamic hostnames this
+is usually achieved by patching <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> at the same time
+as changing the host name. This however is not ideal since it requires
+a writable <tt>/etc</tt> file system and is fragile because the file
+might be edited by the administrator at the same
+time. <tt>nss-myhostname</tt> simply returns all locally configure
+public IP addresses, or -- if none are configured -- the IPv4