Debian bug report logs - #1384 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine Reply-To: Michael E. Deisher , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Michael E. Deisher Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:48:10 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: netstd X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:48:10 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:44:11 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukCx-00063rC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 10:42 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22709 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:42:02 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA11839 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:29:54 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA20942; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Michael E. Deisher Subject: Bug#1384: Acknowledgement (was: hostname fails on standalone machine) In-Reply-To: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> References: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1384" or "Re: Bug#1384" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine Reply-To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: "Peter Tobias" Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: netstd X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:12:01 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukeZ-0006GjC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 11:10 PDT Received: from server.et-inf.fho-emden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25653 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:10:20 -0700 Received: by server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA14942; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 Message-Id: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> To: deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Peter Tobias" Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> from "Michael E. Deisher" at Sep 18, 95 09:35:06 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 954 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Subject: Bug#1384: Info received (was Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine) In-Reply-To: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> References: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1384" or "Re: Bug#1384" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine Reply-To: Michael E. Deisher , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Michael E. Deisher Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:48:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: netstd X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:48:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:33:36 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukz6-0005zHC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 11:32 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27288 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:45 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA17787 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:26:29 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA22649; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:39 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:39 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181831.AA22649@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> (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" 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Michael E. Deisher Subject: Bug#1384: Info received (was Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine) In-Reply-To: <9509181831.AA22649@ganges> References: <9509181831.AA22649@ganges> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1384" or "Re: Bug#1384" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU!deisher Mon Sep 18 12:38:12 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sum16-0005x5C; Mon, 18 Sep 95 12:38 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA01707 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:37:55 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA21462 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs-request@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:32:57 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA22928; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:38:08 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:38:08 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181938.AA22928@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com Subject: reassign 1384 base reassign 1384 base ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) In-Reply-To: References: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> Subject: Bug#1384: marked as done (was: hostname fails on standalone machine) Your message dated Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:34 EST with message-id and subject line Bug#1384: has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:44:11 GMT From enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU!deisher Mon Sep 18 10:42:19 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukCx-00063rC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 10:42 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22709 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:42:02 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA11839 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:29:54 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA20942; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Michael E. Deisher Subject: Bug#1384 acknowledged by developer (was: hostname fails on standalone machine) References: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> In-Reply-To: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov