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Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
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Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> skribis:

> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s)
> Subject: Re: networkmanager hostname woes
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:17:08 +0200
>
>> I don=E2=80=99t understand the logic in there, but a quick fix would be =
to have
>> =E2=80=98network-manager-service-type=E2=80=99 create /etc/hostname.
>>=20
>> 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 =E2=80=98hostname=E2=80=99 at that point?
>
>  - ...?

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

Ludo=E2=80=99.