This code includes a call to self.lookupHostname(), this function totally
trashes /etc/resolv.conf in the anaconda-ramdisk and it will only work i
hostname i set to FQDN.
I have posted this to anaconda-devel-list, and think its a bug.
/// D
On Wed, 14 May 2003, Jason Kohles wrote:
> Which means the machine was not able to resolve the ip address you entered,
> this is the code that writes /etc/hosts during install:
>
> # /etc/hosts
> f = open(instPath + "/etc/hosts", "w")
> localline = "127.0.0.1\t\t"
>
> log("self.hostname = %s", self.hostname)
>
> ip = self.lookupHostname()
>
> # If the hostname is not resolvable, tie it to 127.0.0.1
> if not ip and self.hostname != "localhost.localdomain":
> localline = localline + self.hostname + " "
> l = string.split(self.hostname, ".")
> if len(l) > 1:
> localline = localline + l[0] + " "
>
> localline = localline + "localhost.localdomain localhost\n"
> f.write("# Do not remove the following line, or various programs\n")
> f.write("# that require network functionality will fail.\n")
> f.write(localline)
>
> if ip:
> f.write("%s\t\t%s\n" % (ip, self.hostname))
>
> If the hostname you entered was not resolvable to an ip address, then it
> will get associated with the localhost address in /etc/hosts.
>
>
