Re: CVS import: src/external/bsd/dhcpcd/dist

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

As dyoung said, lets move this bikeshed to tech-net@

On 23/07/2013 8:09, David Laight wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 06:35:47PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> > Am 20.07.13 18:44, schrieb Roy Marples:
> > > David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> > >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 07:15:52PM -0700, Erik Fair wrote:
> > >>  > > * dhcpcd will now assign a short hostname by default
> > >>  > >  To use a FQDN hostname, set this in dhcpcd.conf(5)
> > >>  > >  env hostname_fqdn=YES
> > >>  >
> > >>  > This is the wrong default, too - hostname should always be FQDN.
> > >>
> > >> This is far from universally agreed upon.
> > >>
> > >> However, ISTM that if dhcpcd is going to set the hostname at all
> > >> (which is usually wrong) it should set the hostname the dhcp server
> > >> provides and not try to munge it.
> > >
> > > Which hostname should dhcpcd set?

You can read the rest of my snipped comment directly above here
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes-d/2013/07/20/msg005999.html

TLDR: I justify the use of a short hostname with what I think are sound 
technical reasons.

> > imo, dhcpcd should not set a hostname at all, at least not by default.
>
> Maybe it should only set it if no other hostname has been set?

Maybe you should at least read the first paragraph of dhcpcd(8) before 
commenting?

Roy