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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-05-17 19:35:56 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-05-17 19:35:56 +0200
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README: document relation to nss-myhostname
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@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
plymouth (optional)
dracut (optional)
+ When systemd-hostnamed is used it is strongly recommended to
+ install nss-myhostname to ensure that in a world of
+ dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolveable
+ under all circumstances. In fact, systemd-hostnamed will warn
+ if nss-myhostname is not installed. Packagers are encouraged to
+ add a dependency on nss-myhostname to the package that
+ includes systemd-hostnamed.
+
WARNINGS:
systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a