Bug#606636: Reverse DNS takes precedence over netcfg/get_hostname
Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl> writes:
> On Friday, December 10, 2010 05:17:15 pm Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Well, if you think people rely on the current behavior because it's partial
> documented
I certainly do... Maybe that's my problem, though. :)
> then treat my bug report as a feature request for a preseed option to
> override this behavior.
Fair enough. But I doubt its feasibility before squeeze...
> Not everyone has the power to change their own reverse DNS entries, or it
> might take time to process (send a request to the upstream provider that is
> responsible for the IP block, wait for them to process it, and reload the
> nameserver zonefile).
> And people like to be able to choose their own hostname.
Yeah. Currently they can either
1. not preseed it but type in during installation, or
2. set it in the DNS records.
Looks like it worked good enough till now.
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Regards,
Feri.
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