FS#75247 - [dhclient] Missing dependency on inetutils

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Lorenzo Castelli (lcastelli) - Tuesday, 05 July 2022, 10:33 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 04 August 2022, 10:30 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
In the package dhclient, the script /usr/bin/dhclient-script uses the `hostname` command as part of the set_hostname function. The `hostname` command is provided by inetutils, which is not installed by default. The package inetutils should be added as an explicit dependency of dhclient.
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Thursday, 04 August 2022, 10:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  dhcp 4.4.3-2
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 03 August 2022, 06:11 GMT
`hostname` is a bit unsatisfactory. See previous discussion starting here [1]. Maybe submit a bug upstream or it could even be patched to use `uname -n`?

[1] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2020-August/048098.html
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 04 August 2022, 10:20 GMT
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/dhcp/-/merge_requests/99

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