On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 06:53:11PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote: > On Sat, 28 May 2011 12:52:45 AM Edgar Fuss wrote: > > Package: initscripts > > Version: 2.88dsf-13.1 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: patch > > > > If /etc/hostname is not present, /etc/init.d/hostname.sh will pick up the > > kernel supplied hostname ``(none)'' and try to set this via hostname(1), > > wich fails. The obvious fix is to treat a hostname of ``(none)'' as, ehm, > > none, e.g. empty. This will give you a hostname of ``localhost''. > > I tend to agree that `localhost' makes more sense than `(none)' in the > fallback case, but I'm not sure this is the correct place to change this. > > A search led me to: lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/11/14 > > What do you think about this? If the discussion there leads us to believe the > kernel is the correct place for this bug to be fixed, this bug should be > reassigned.
Upstream didn't care for the patch that changed the default, but I plan to try again with a patch that makes the default configurable, which would then allow the Debian kernel to set CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME or similar. On a different note, though, it doesn't make sense to get the hostname from the kernel and immediately try to set it in the kernel, regardless of its value. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
