[Bug 537978] Re: Lucid dhclient can't set hostname

[Thierry Carrez]

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_name matches the current hostname

Something like

local current_hostname=$(hostname)
if [ -z "$current_hostname" -o "$current_hostname" = "(none)" -o "$current_hostname" = "localhost" -o "$current_hostname" = "$old_host_name" ]; then
  if [ -n "$new_host_name" ]; then
    hostname "$new_host_name"
  fi
fi

However I am not so sure we should support the use case of the debian
bug since option host-name should only be "honored by dhclient-script(8)
if the hostname for the client machine is not set"...

Bug 482313 would be fixed in the same run (by adding "localhost" to the
set of hostnames considered "unset").

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #508804
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508804

** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Also affects: dhcp3 (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Medium
       Status: Triaged

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Lucid dhclient can't set hostname
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537978
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