On Jul 20 18:34:50, dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: > > 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.
I don't like it either; what is the reason we are saving it there? I vaguely remember sendmail bitching about not being able to resolve its own hostname - is it that?
