[OE-core] [PATCH] base-files: Allow setting hostname through DISTRO_HOSTNAME

[Philip Balister]

On 09/14/2014 06:30 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 11 September 2014 21:33, Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann at xilinx.com> wrote:
>> Add a distro variable to set the hostname. This allows easily assigning
>> a hostname in local.conf.
> 
> It's already as easy as assigning a hostname in local.conf:
> 
> hostname_pn-base-files = "cuteembeddedhack"
> 
> Also your patch doesn't add a distro-level variable, it just adds
> another package-level variable.
> 
> Patches like this tend to appear every 18 months or so, clearly we
> need to ensure this is documented.

We should change this line in the bb file:

# set standard hostname, might be a candidate for a DISTRO variable? :M:

to let people know how to override from local.conf.

If no one gets to this soon, I will when I am home.

Philip

> 
> Ross
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