> Have there been any new developments with this issue?
> Note that the BTS is tracking it here:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6235
It has been a year since any feedback has been provided on this issue
in the bug tracking system. I assume that the discussion logged so
far was s
Hi Nelson,
Have there been any new developments with this issue?
Note that the BTS is tracking it here:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6235
Bob
Eric Blake wrote:
> Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> > We noticed recently that Ubuntu's /bin/hostname has this option
> > -b, --bootset default hostname if none available
The longer documentation (from Debian Sid) is:
-b, --boot
Always set a hostname; this allows the
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 16:31 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> > Unfortunately, Ubuntu's startup script puts /usr/local/bin ahead of
> > /bin and /usr/bin, thus getting a version of hostname that chokes on
> > the -b option. We patched the configuration file to force an explicit
> > path:
> >
> > exe
On 05/20/2010 03:45 PM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> We noticed recently that Ubuntu's /bin/hostname has this option
>
> -b, --bootset default hostname if none available
>
> and uses it in /etc/init/hostname.conf.
>
> However, the GNU version from coreutils-1.8 lacks that option.
We noticed recently that Ubuntu's /bin/hostname has this option
-b, --bootset default hostname if none available
and uses it in /etc/init/hostname.conf.
However, the GNU version from coreutils-1.8 lacks that option.
Unfortunately, Ubuntu's startup script puts /usr/local/bin ahea
