* [bug#28473] networkmanager hostname woes
[not found] ` <87o9qblmzf.fsf@gnu.org>
@ 2017-09-16 12:03 ` Thomas Danckaert
2017-09-19 12:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-19 18:13 ` bug#28473: (no subject) Thomas Danckaert
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From: Thomas Danckaert @ 2017-09-16 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ludo, 28473; +Cc: help-guix
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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:34:44 +0200
> Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> skribis:
>
>> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
>> Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
>> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:17:08 +0200
>>
>>> I don’t understand the logic in there, but a quick fix would be
>>> to have
>>> ‘network-manager-service-type’ create /etc/hostname.
>>>
>>> What do people think?
>>
>> I agree. What is the best way to do that?
>>
>> - make network-manager-service extend etc-service? I think in
>> this
>> case we'd need to pass the host-name to
>> network-manager-service-type somehow? It feels strange to make
>> the
>> system config's host-name a configuration parameter of
>> network-manager-service-type just for this reason.
>>
>> - Create /etc/hosts in network-manager activation, using the
>> result
>> of ‘hostname’ at that point?
>>
>> - ...?
>
> Hmm, good points. Maybe just create /etc/hostname unconditionally
> from
> ‘essential-services’? It can’t hurt, right?
I don't think so, only for people committed to extreme minimalism.
The attached patch fixes the issue on my system. Will it do?
Thomas
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From 76a461ff1540807d8beb98c298a8ea0165a6aaa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Danckaert <thomas.danckaert@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:54:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] system: Create "/etc/hostname".
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service): Add a plain-file with the
operating-system-host-name.
---
gnu/system.scm | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index bb7e8531e..2ad4b3054 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ fi\n")))
("bashrc" ,#~#$bashrc)
("hosts" ,#~#$(or (operating-system-hosts-file os)
(default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os))))
+ ("hostname" ,(plain-file "hostname" (operating-system-host-name os)))
("localtime" ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo/"
(operating-system-timezone os)))
("sudoers" ,(operating-system-sudoers-file os))))))
--
2.14.1
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* [bug#28473] networkmanager hostname woes
2017-09-16 12:03 ` [bug#28473] networkmanager hostname woes Thomas Danckaert
@ 2017-09-19 12:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-09-19 18:13 ` bug#28473: (no subject) Thomas Danckaert
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2017-09-19 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Danckaert; +Cc: 28473, help-guix
Hi Thomas!
Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> skribis:
> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
> Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:34:44 +0200
[...]
>> Hmm, good points. Maybe just create /etc/hostname unconditionally
>> from
>> ‘essential-services’? It can’t hurt, right?
>
> I don't think so, only for people committed to extreme minimalism.
> The attached patch fixes the issue on my system. Will it do?
>
> Thomas
>
> From 76a461ff1540807d8beb98c298a8ea0165a6aaa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Thomas Danckaert <thomas.danckaert@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:54:40 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] system: Create "/etc/hostname".
>
> * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service): Add a plain-file with the
> operating-system-host-name.
> ---
> gnu/system.scm | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
> index bb7e8531e..2ad4b3054 100644
> --- a/gnu/system.scm
> +++ b/gnu/system.scm
> @@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ fi\n")))
> ("bashrc" ,#~#$bashrc)
> ("hosts" ,#~#$(or (operating-system-hosts-file os)
> (default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os))))
> + ("hostname" ,(plain-file "hostname" (operating-system-host-name os)))
LGTM. Maybe just add a comment pointing to this discussion, so we know
why this file matters.
Thank you!
Ludo’.
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2017-09-16 12:03 ` [bug#28473] networkmanager hostname woes Thomas Danckaert
2017-09-19 12:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2017-09-19 18:13 ` Thomas Danckaert
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