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Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:06:53 +0200
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To: Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
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Hi Thomas!

Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> skribis:

> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s)
> Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:34:44 +0200

[...]

>> Hmm, good points.  Maybe just create /etc/hostname unconditionally
>> from
>> =E2=80=98essential-services=E2=80=99?  It can=E2=80=99t 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 o=
s)))

LGTM.  Maybe just add a comment pointing to this discussion, so we know
why this file matters.

Thank you!

Ludo=E2=80=99.