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Date:      Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:52:28 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d hostname
Message-ID:  <20070210205228.GE9455@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <200702101313.l1ADDX8m056868@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200702101313.l1ADDX8m056868@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 01:13:33PM +0000, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> yar         2007-02-10 13:13:33 UTC
>=20
>   FreeBSD src repository
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     etc/rc.d             hostname=20
>   Log:
>   Handle the case when the admin forgot to set $hostname,
>   which can happen in new installations: advise to set the
>   variable and refer to rc.conf(5).

Isn't it possible for the hostname to come via DHCP?  How does this
behave in that case (or rather, I can see how it behaves; is that the
right thing)?

> | @@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ hostname_start()
> |  		fi
> |  	fi
> | =20
> | -	/bin/hostname ${hostname}
> | +	# Have we got a hostname yet?
> | +	#
> | +	if [ -z "${hostname}" ]; then
> | +		warn "\$hostname is not set -- see ${rcvar_manpage}."
> | +		return
> | +	fi
> | +
> | +	# All right, it is safe to invoke hostname(1) now.
> | +	#
> | +	/bin/hostname "${hostname}"
> |  	echo "Setting hostname: `hostname`."

Are the backticks necessary here?  Why don't we use ${hostname}?

Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere

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