Bug#64408: boot-floppies: DHCP detection does not set domainname
clameter@debian.org writes:
> I installed and let the system determine its IP address via DHCP. No
> question is asked for the domainname.
there is no need to ask for a domainname; properly setup dhcp servers
supply this.
> The /etc/hosts file is not correctly setup as a result.... I installed
> apache later and apache installation fails because it cannot find the domainname.
Why do you think that domain names need to appear in /etc/hosts ?
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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