This bug was fixed in the package dhcp3 - 3.1.3-2ubuntu3
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dhcp3 (3.1.3-2ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
* debian/dhclient-script.linux: Fix regression in host_name option
handling, so that it's always honored when /etc/hostname is not set,
fixes LP: #537978, #482313, #90388,
The upstart task sets the system hostname from /etc/hostname (falling
back to "localhost" if that file is not readable or is empty and no
hostname has yet been set).
The idea here would be honor new_host_name for the same use cases (if
the /etc/hostname file is non-empty). That would support both
Thierry,
hostname is set by upstart so the point is moot I think.
Regards
chuck
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Lucid dhclient can't set hostname
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Regression was introduced by the fix to:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508804
It could be fixed by fixing the obviously wrong patch, and support two cases:
* Set hostname if new_host_name provided and hostname is not set
* Set hostname if new_host_name provided and old_host_na
The live-CD has an /etc/hostname set to "ubuntu", so what do you want me
to check? Apart from that, the /sbin/dhclient-script file is the same as
above, so the logic to change the hostname does not work and is not
conforming to the dhclient-documentation.
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Lucid dhclient can't set hostname
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