Jim Wise wrote:
> This will not break anything, in fact I recommend it:
> 
> $ grep hostname /etc/rc.conf
> hostname="himring.draga.com"
> 


Alan Barrett wrote:
> sysinst shouldn't even be asking for a domainname.  It should
> ask for a hostname, and check that it looks like an FQDN.
> 
Alan hit the nail on the head! 

It turns out this change was made circa 1.70.  Before that, it wrote 
into /etc/myname.

The code actually combines the prompted answers in one place, and then 
unnecessarily splits them again before writing it out.

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