From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:01:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_m9v2nHwV4oOaae1geFobUYNEhCwPAVhSFWOYDdU=kCOg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f0c3961d-35e4-2e35-5ccd-24ba20048815@gentoo.org>
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> It makes a bit more sense to rely on previous configuration
> (/etc/conf.d/hostname) and write a tiny 'script' that populates
> /etc/hostname. bash could do it (naively) in two lines:
>
> source /etc/conf.d/hostname
> echo "$hostname" > /etc/hostname
>
Seems to me that symlinking /proc/sys/kernel/hostname would be
simpler. Also, more reliable, because there are other ways the
hostname could be set other than from /etc/conf.d/hostname. The
hostname can also change.
--
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-23 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-22 15:58 [gentoo-dev] rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo William Hubbs
2016-08-22 16:11 ` M. J. Everitt
2016-08-22 16:39 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-22 17:03 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-22 17:32 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-22 17:28 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-22 17:51 ` Sven Vermeulen
2016-08-22 18:29 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-23 19:59 ` Marc Schiffbauer
2016-08-22 17:37 ` Matthew Thode
2016-08-22 17:51 ` Matthew Thode
2016-08-22 19:18 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2016-08-22 19:28 ` Hans de Graaff
2016-08-22 20:01 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-22 22:09 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-23 6:39 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-23 7:01 ` Christian Kniep
2016-08-23 12:33 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-23 10:01 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2016-08-23 12:26 ` Christian Kniep
2016-08-23 18:45 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-23 19:57 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-23 20:25 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-23 21:22 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-24 6:52 ` Christian Kniep
2016-08-24 6:56 ` Christian Kniep
2016-08-24 10:46 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-24 7:12 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-24 11:17 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-24 11:37 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-24 11:42 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-24 12:40 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-24 15:49 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-08-24 16:06 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-24 16:22 ` Zac Medico
2016-08-24 16:33 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-24 16:42 ` Zac Medico
2016-08-24 19:23 ` Consus
2016-08-24 22:43 ` Cédric Krier
2016-08-28 6:30 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-28 6:48 ` Michał Górny
2016-08-28 7:24 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-28 6:57 ` M. J. Everitt
2016-08-28 8:10 ` Zac Medico
2016-08-28 12:34 ` Patrick Lauer
2016-08-28 14:16 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-28 14:21 ` Michał Górny
2016-08-28 15:29 ` Patrick Lauer
2016-08-28 15:54 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-25 4:11 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2016-08-25 12:50 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-08-25 13:42 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-24 8:02 ` Martin Vaeth
2016-08-23 12:17 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-28 18:15 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-31 21:24 ` Daniel Campbell
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