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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:15:35 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20000127191535.B82635@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200001280222.SAA05076@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 06:22:55PM -0800
References:  <20000127180916.B82262@dragon.nuxi.com> <200001280222.SAA05076@mass.cdrom.com>

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On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 06:22:55PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> Correct behaviour would be not to set the hostname unless:
>  a) it is not already set
> or
>  b) it was previously set by the DHCP client
> 
> You could probably ignore b) and satisfy most people.  At the moment, the 
> hostname is _never_ set by the DHCP client _unless_ it finds a lease that 
> is still valid.  This is clearly a bug.

Agreed.  I will happily accept a patch anybody that got to this before I
manage do.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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