Hostname (none) after dist-upgrade

["Hans du Plooy" <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

Hi guys,

I did a dist-upgrade from sarge to etch on a server and all went well,
except for one thing.  At console, I now see this:

root@(none):~#hostname
(none)
root@(none):~# hostname -f
hostname: Unknown host

BUT:

root@(none):~# cat /etc/hostname
rimwards.obscured.tld
root@(none):~# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
80.xxx.xxx.xxx     rimwards.obscured.tld rimwards

Has anyone seen this or know how to fix it?  I'm chasing my tail right now.

Thanks
Hans