[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] netbase/base-files: move /etc/hosts from netbase to base-files

[richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org]

On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 12:45 +0000, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 12:45, Richard Purdie
> <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-01-08 at 12:40 +0000, Burton, Ross wrote:
> > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 09:06, Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >         if [ "${hostname}" ]; then
> > > >                 echo ${hostname} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
> > > > +               echo "127.0.1.1 ${hostname}" >>
> > > > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hosts
> > > >         fi
> > > 
> > > Instead of appending to the file, can you put a marker on the
> > > 127.0.0.1 line and replace it inline?
> > 
> > Not so good if hostname isn't set?
> 
> hostname = "${MACHINE}"
> 
> Hostname is always set. :)

Its the kind of thing people likely bbappend and change, or set from
overrides. Which was one of the reasons I'm nervous about moving hosts
to a different package in the first place...

Cheers,

RIchard