> rpc.bootparamd doesn't understand /etc/bootparams files with
> comment lines in them. The default /etc/bootparams has comment
> lines. rpc.bootparamd tries to interpret the # character as a
> hostname.
Why hasn't this bug been fixed?
It was reported 240 days ago and it took me more than an hour to
find it out on my own yesterday.
There's a fix in the original bug report:
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/33/33218.html