Hi Tom,
just didn't fully get what you meaned when I wrote this comment yesterday night.
At least the next guy to google for that problem will be able find a more
complete workaround now.
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udhcpc doesn't set hostname in discover packet
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357518
You received this
I had the same problem, I believe: udhcpc did not set the host name in
the DHCP server.
When examining the problem, I learned that this is a configuration issue:
Adding the option "hostname $(hostname)" to the configuration of the respective
interface in /etc/network/interfaces and reinitializing
