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authorRoss Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>2015-02-23 17:39:24 +0000
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-02-23 18:00:12 +0000
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base-files: clean up and clarify hostname logic
Change the hostname logic the default value is ${MACHINE}, and explain how to change it. Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'meta/recipes-core/base-files')
-rw-r--r--meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index 6157ff381a..f2d254e6bd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ conffiles = "${sysconfdir}/debian_version ${sysconfdir}/host.conf \
${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf ${sysconfdir}/profile \
${sysconfdir}/default"
+# By default the hostname is the machine name. If the hostname is unset then a
+# /etc/hostname file isn't written, suitable for environments with dynamic
+# hostnames.
#
-# set standard hostname, might be a candidate for a DISTRO variable? :M:
-#
-hostname = "openembedded"
+# The hostname can be changed outside of this recipe by using
+# hostname_pn-base-files = "my-host-name".
+hostname = "${MACHINE}"
BASEFILESISSUEINSTALL ?= "do_install_basefilesissue"
@@ -111,15 +114,11 @@ do_install () {
DISTRO_VERSION[vardepsexclude] += "DATE"
do_install_basefilesissue () {
- if [ "${hostname}" != "" ]; then
- if [ -n "${MACHINE}" -a "${hostname}" = "openembedded" ]; then
- echo ${MACHINE} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
- else
- echo ${hostname} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
- fi
+ if [ "${hostname}" ]; then
+ echo ${hostname} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
fi
- install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/issue* ${D}${sysconfdir}
+ install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/issue* ${D}${sysconfdir}
if [ -n "${DISTRO_NAME}" ]; then
printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net