Debian bug report logs - #1384, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine
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From: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
To: debian-bugs@pixar.com

Package: netstd
Version: 1.16-1

The postinst of smail failed on my standalone system because hostname
returned "Server error".  Hostname works when used to find the machine
name but fails in this way when asked to give the domain name.  This
was on a fresh system install using dpkg-0.93.75.  The machine is not
networked.

--Mike

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To: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
Subject: Bug#1384: Acknowledgement (was: hostname fails on standalone machine)
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Subject: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine
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From: "Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>
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Michael E. Deisher wrote:
> Package: netstd
> Version: 1.16-1
>
> The postinst of smail failed on my standalone system because hostname
> returned "Server error".  Hostname works when used to find the machine
> name but fails in this way when asked to give the domain name.  This
> was on a fresh system install using dpkg-0.93.75.  The machine is not
> networked.

This has nothing to do with the netstd package. The hostname command
tries to get the FQDN by using gethostbyname and can't find it. Maybe
the base disks failed to create the /etc/host.conf, /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/hosts file (with your FQDN)? Or the base system creates these
files but does not set the hostname to the new hostname?

Peter

--
 Peter Tobias                                EMail:
 Fachhochschule Ostfriesland                 tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik   tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de
 Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany

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To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
Subject: Bug#1384: Info received (was Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine)
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	(tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de)

Thanks for the quick reply!

On Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 (MET DST), "Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> said:

> This has nothing to do with the netstd package. The hostname command
> tries to get the FQDN by using gethostbyname and can't find
> it. Maybe the base disks failed to create the /etc/host.conf,
> /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts file (with your FQDN)? Or the base

/etc/host.conf does not exist.  I suppose one of us should reclassify
this bug report to point to the base disks.  I'm not sure who is
supposed to do this.  Do you want to?  If not, I'll try to dig up the
posting that explained how to do it and do it myself.

--Mike

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reassign 1384 base

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From: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
To: debian-bugs@pixar.com
Subject: hostname fails on standalone machine

Package: netstd
Version: 1.16-1

The postinst of smail failed on my standalone system because hostname
returned "Server error".  Hostname works when used to find the machine
name but fails in this way when asked to give the domain name.  This
was on a fresh system install using dpkg-0.93.75.  The machine is not
networked.

--Mike

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