>Number:         26550
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sendmail pauses on startup if hostname not set
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 04 19:15:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Darrin B. Jewell
>Release:        netbsd-2-0 branch via cvs ~20040722T1714Z
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
There is a large pause at boot time when sendmail starts
if the hostname is not set.

>How-To-Repeat:

Configure a base system by setting rc_configured=YES without
configuring a hostname.

On boot, you will encounter something like:

  sendmail: /etc/mail/aliases.db not present, generating
  Aug  4 15:06:07  sendmail[433]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
  Aug  4 15:07:07  sendmail[433]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short name
  WARNING: local host name (localhost) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
  /etc/mail/aliases: 22 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 246 bytes total
  Starting sendmail.
  Aug  4 15:07:07  sm-mta[2261]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
  Aug  4 15:08:07  sm-mta[2261]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short name

Notice the 2 minute pause.

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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