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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 13:47:10 +0200
From: Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@fu-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] hostname problem
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 07:41:48AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> I did a big system update yesterday ( 52 pkgs ), incl Net-tools Dhcpcd ,
> & on restarting today found that hostname is not being set :
> 
>   root:505 etc> echo $HOSTNAME
>   (none)
> 
> Previously it was 'localhost'.
> 
> The problem seems to be in  /etc/init.d/hostname ,
> as the init process reports :
> 
>   Setting hostname to localhost ...
>   /etc/init.d/hostname: line 24: hostname command not found
>   *Failed to set the hostname [!!]
> 
> I've updated Openrc to the latest testing 0.22.1 , but no change.
> I've also tried permutations of changes to  /etc/init.d/hostname .
> 
> Can anyone offer advice ?

Check if sys-apps/net-tools has the "hostname" useflag enabled (it's enabled by
default so you may encounter the fallout of a -* setup...)

WKR
Hinnerk