Debian Bug report logs - #343269
hostname/domain name preseeding is quite broken

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: hostname/domain name preseeding is quite broken

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:29:38 -0500

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Package: netcfg
Severity: normal

The support for preseeding the hostname and domain name is very broken in
netcfg. The debconf questions netcfg/get_hostname and netcfg/get_domain are
badly named (should be netcfg/hostname and netcfg/domain). netcfg sets
these to values that it finds in dns or dhcp with no regard to any
existing preseeded value, so you can't override the dns or dhcp with
preseeding, which should be possible for installing on a broken network.

The installation manual puts the best face it can on netcfg's behavior
with this:

# Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over
# values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions
# from being shown, even if values come from dhcp.
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain

I think that netcfg's use of these variables needs to be rewritten, to
make it 

a) take care to not trample over existing settings
b) if there is no existing value, use dhcp/dns to get a good default
c) if the user enters something wrong or goes back, unset the value to
   avoid a) above preventing b) from working when the question is asked
   again

Since it would change the behavior of the two questions to do this, and
require preseeding changes, this would be a good chance to rename them
too.

-- 
see shy jo

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Message #18 received at 343269-quiet@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>

To: 606636@bugs.debian.org, 343269-quiet@bugs.debian.org

Subject: rDNS takes precedence over preseeding

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 17:42:49 +1100

Just a quick note on this issue: I'm definitely planning on fixing this up
for Wheezy, and sooner rather than later.  However, my work on IPv6 has
completely rewritten this part of the codebase, so the patch from Floris has
no hope of applying cleanly.  I will, however, be writing an equivalent
patch as soon as the IPv6 code lands in master.

- Matt

Message #19 received at 606636-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>

To: 606636-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#606636: fixed in netcfg 1.99

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:18:23 +0000

Source: netcfg
Source-Version: 1.99

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
netcfg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 606636@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> (supplier of updated netcfg package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:11:53 +0200
Source: netcfg
Binary: netcfg netcfg-static
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.99
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>
Description: 
 netcfg     - Configure the network (udeb)
 netcfg-static - Configure a static network (udeb)
Closes: 606636 690330
Changes: 
 netcfg (1.99) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Philipp Kern ]
   * netcfg.c (main): Remove a local definition of hostname.
     (Closes: #690330)
   * Override the hostname found via DHCP or DNS with the preseeded
     value of the new variable netcfg/hostname, if set. Patch by
     Floris Bos. (Closes: #606636)
   * Add myself to uploaders.
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