I'm guessing that the issue here is that tools use hostname(7) to get the hostname on the system and then are confused / broken when that is more than 64 chars.
It really seems like its more important to have consitent behavior across the board then change behavior somewhat randomly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383794 Title: [SRU] GCE datasource should use the short hostname To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1383794/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
