Package: hostname Version: 3.04 Severity: normal
In case there is space at end of hostname name in /etc/hostname,the hostname will be set to (none) after next boot If space is present at end of line in /etc/hostname,then /etc/init.d/hostname.sh will report # /etc/init.d/hostname.sh hostname: the specified hostname is invalid Possible solution: In /etc/init.d/hostname.sh is there in function do_start() do_start () { [ -f /etc/hostname ] && HOSTNAME="$(cat /etc/hostname)" --- (rest of hostname.sh) --- If [ -f /etc/hostname ] && HOSTNAME="$(cat /etc/hostname)" is changed to [ -f /etc/hostname ] && HOSTNAME="$(cat /etc/hostname | sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//')" then trailing space in line in /etc/hostname will be removed,and /etc/init.d/hostname.sh will not report above error -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages hostname depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib hostname recommends no packages. hostname suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org