[OE-core] [PATCH] image.bbclass: Adding loop back for machine name in hosts file

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Sujith,

On Monday 04 August 2014 19:27:08 Sujith H wrote:
> From: Sujith H <Sujith_Haridasan at mentor.com>
> 
> If hostname is not added to /etc/hosts file then rpcinfo
> command fails when hostname is passed as argument. This was
> observed when rpcinfo command was tested on freescale target.
> Below was the output observed without this change.
> 
> root at mx6q:~# rpcinfo -s mx6q
> rpcinfo: can't contact rpcbind: RPC: (unknown error code)
> 
> Below is the output after this change:
> root at mx6q:~# rpcinfo -s mx6q
>    program version(s) netid(s)                         service     owner
>     100000  2,3,4     local,udp,tcp,udp6,tcp6          portmapper  superuser
> root at mx6q:~#
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sujith H <Sujith_Haridasan at mentor.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes/image.bbclass | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> index 82605f2..7a5a5c1 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> @@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ ssh_disable_dns_lookup () {
>  	fi
>  }
> 
> +ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "add_machine_name_loop_back;"
> +
> +add_machine_name_loop_back() {
> +    if [ -n ${MACHINE} ]; then
> +         echo 127.0.1.1 "       "${MACHINE} >>
> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/hosts +    fi
> +}
> +

I think in the earlier discussion the conclusion was that we do not want this 
enabled by default, which the above will do.

The question I have is, if this isn't a good idea, is there a better solution?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre