On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 04:21:50PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:

> Why is /etc/hosts only set up for machines w/o dhcp?

  Because I rarely use DHCP ;)

> d-i sets up a basic
> hosts file for all machines. Machines with dhcp should still have the
> ipv6 stuff, and it makes sense for them to have a localhost entry as
> well. 

  Agreed.  I've added support now, so that DHCP hosts will receive
 a stub file.

> (There's also no particular reason why dhcp systems can't have static
> hostnames defined in /etc/hosts.)

  Sure but I figure if DHCP is being used then the local DNS 
 configuration is assumed to have local hosts ..

Steve
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