[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#606636: Reverse DNS takes precedence over netcfg/get_hostname



Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl> writes:

> The value specified using "netcfg/get_hostname" seems to be ignored, if a 
> reverse DNS entry is present for the IP-address of the server being installed.
> [...]
> I think netcfg/get_hostname should take precendence over everything else.

Half of the current behaviour is documented in
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs04.html#preseed-network
Maybe the idea was to enable skipping the question without specifying a
fixed name.
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.



Reply to: