> On Jul 20 22:14:52, h...@stare.cz wrote: > > I believe I have bitched about this before, > > but I have come to it again with new install. > > > > If I use [dhcp] to configure an interface during an install, > > the ephemeral DHCP-assigned address gets written into /etc/hosts. > > > > That address is meaningless after the reboot, possibly even > > conflicting when I later decide on a fixed IP for the machine. > > > > Should it be removed from /etc/hosts after the install, > > when we have DNS set up and all? Should it at least > > be mentioned in afterboot(8)? > > > --- afterboot.8.orig Sat Jul 20 22:24:03 2013 > +++ afterboot.8 Sat Jul 20 22:28:51 2013 > @@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ if it needs to be changed. > You will also need to edit the > .Pa /etc/myname > file to have it stick around for the next reboot. > +.Pp > +Note that the hostname chosen during installation is saved in > +.Pa /etc/hosts > +with whatever address was used then. > +If you later decide on another address for the machine, > +remember to remove the conflicting one from > +.Pa /etc/hosts . > .Ss Verify network interface configuration > The first thing to do is an > .Ic ifconfig -a >
I don't like this diff. But perhaps because I totally hate that the installer is placing that name there. I believe that dynamically learned names should not be saved in that fashion.
