Debian Bug report logs - #755848
preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

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

From: "Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre.osku.schmidt@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:12:02 +0200

Package: netcfg
Version: 1.108

using "d-i netcfg/hostname string foobar" in preseed file still makes
the installer to ask user for hostname. or when using kernel option
priority=critcal hostname is silently set to "noname".

info from:
https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt

using debian wheezy 7.6.0 netinst:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.6.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso

adding to default boot opionts:
auto=true url=http://my.domain/my.preseed.file

Message #10 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Anthony F McInerney <afm404@gmail.com>

To: Andre Osku Schmidt <andre.osku.schmidt@gmail.com>, 755848@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#755848: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:58:30 +0100

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d-i preseed/early_command string kill-all-dhcp; netcfg

when using priority=critical

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Message #15 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>

To: "Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre.osku.schmidt@gmail.com>, 755848@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#755848: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:25:33 +0100

On Wed 23 Jul 2014 at 23:12:02 +0200, Andre "Osku" Schmidt wrote:

> using "d-i netcfg/hostname string foobar" in preseed file still makes
> the installer to ask user for hostname. or when using kernel option
> priority=critcal hostname is silently set to "noname".
> 
> info from:
> https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt

  # 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

This line is used with "d-i netcfg/hostname string foobar".

I do not think this is a bug.

Regards,

Brian.

Message #20 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stefan Meier <phiber2000@gmx.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <755848@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:28:42 +0200

Package: netcfg
Version: 1.131
Followup-For: Bug #755848

As described in preseed example, setting 'netcfg/hostname' should "...force a hostname, regardless of what eigher the DHCP server returns...".
This worked with latest wheezy installer. In jessie it doesn't.

'debconf-get-selections --installer' tells me, that my custom hostname was set correctly during installation.
In sourcecode 'dhcp.c' of the netcfg-package (line 565-577) it's still present.

But hostname still keeps 'debian'...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Message #25 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers@canonical.com>

To: 755848@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Patch

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:10:07 -0400

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This patch include a script under finish-install.d/56netcfg-hostname that detect if netcfg/hostname is set in preseed file and override the hostname at the end of the installation. If not set then it keeps the hostname as is.

[0001-Fix-netcfg-hostname-that-does-not-set-hostname.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #30 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers@canonical.com>

To: 755848@bugs.debian.org

Subject: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 08:59:56 -0400

Disregard the proposed patch above "0001-Fix-netcfg-hostname-that-does-not-set-hostname.patch"

I'll be working on a new one which will include some improvement.

Stay tuned .....

Message #35 received at 755848@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers@canonical.com>

To: 755848@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Patch in preseed src code

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 00:13:31 -0400

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This patch in preseed source code addresses the situation.

This is the patch we pushed in Ubuntu[1] releases.

Thanks to cyphermox for the joint works (co-authorship).

[1] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/preseed/+bug/1452202

Eric

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[0001-Fix-for-netcfg-hostname-if-set-to-take-precedence.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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