This was fixed in Debian hostname 2.97, now merged into Ubuntu Lucid.
hostname (2.97) unstable; urgency=low
* New maintainer, closes: #543892
* Bumped Standards-Version to 3.8.3, no changes needed.
* Do not print trailing blank for option "-a", closes: #390527
* Refer to correct init file, closes: #540774
* Applied patch by Scott James Remnant <sc...@ubuntu.com> to take care of an
empty or non existant /etc/hostname, closes: #543666
* Made package description and manpage clearer, closes: #483221
* Added patch by Michael Stapelberg <michael+db20090...@stapelberg.de> to
better cope with IPv6, closes: #535467
* Added nisdomainname/ypdomainname, closes: #501005
* Strip domain name returned by gethostname(), closes: #420053
-- Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:34:13 +0200
** Changed in: hostname (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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hostname not IPv6 compliant
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307604
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