linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uts: Make default hostname configurable, rather than always using "(none)"

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Message-ID: <BANLkTikgqkd0BckvTrFwAOmJQ0ObP4OOjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 20:35:37 +0900
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kel Modderman <kel@...ku42.de>,
	pkg-sysvinit-devel@...ts.alioth.debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uts: Make default hostname configurable, rather than
 always using "(none)"

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org> wrote:
>
> The "hostname" tool falls back to setting the hostname to "localhost" if
> /etc/hostname does not exist.  Distribution init scripts have the same
> fallback.  However, if userspace never calls sethostname, such as when
> booting with init=/bin/sh, or otherwise booting a minimal system without
> the usual init scripts, the default hostname of "(none)" remains,
> unhelpfully appearing in various places such as prompts
> ("root@(none):~#") and logs.  Furthermore, "(none)" doesn't typically
> resolve to anything useful.

Ok, I'm fine with this. So Ack as far as I'm concerned.

Does this make most sense through the networking tree, or what?

              Linus
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