Re: dhcpcd(8) and automatic hostname

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 01/05/2012 23:42, Toru Nishimura wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed reply.  I should write my message clearer.  
> The issue
> resides in /etc/rc.d/ structure, not dhcpcd(8) functionality itself.
>
> /// short summary ///
> When /etc/rc.conf does not have hostname= field, having
> ifconfig_fxp0="dhcp" fails to assign hostname.
>
> /// details ///
> When /etc/rc.conf has dhclient="YES" and dhclient_flags="fxp0", 
> dhclient
> can assign hostname provided by DHCP server.  If /etc/rc.conf has
> ifconfig_fxp0="dhcp" replacing the above two lines, /etc/rc emits the
> following error message and the machine ends up with no hostname.
>
> Starting Network.
> /etc/rc: WARNING: $hostname not set.
> ...
> Configuring network interface: fxp0
> ...
> NetBSD/i386 (Amnesiac)  (console)
>
> Observed in 6.0_BETA system.

We should really punt the ifconfig_xxx="dhcp" foo.
You can solve the problem by putting dhcpcd="YES" in /etc/rc.conf 
instead. There's normally no need to give it any flags.

Thanks

Roy