The Chapter 19 instructs to set an FQDN. Quoting the comments of the new baselayout's (1.8.6.7) /etc/init.d/hostname: # We use whatever is in /etc/hostname here. That means: # # 1) For doing it the proper way, you should NOT put a # FQDN in there, but: # a) Only have the hostname in there (no dns/nis domainname) # b) Set the dnsdomainname via /etc/resolv.conf # c) Set the nisdomainname via 'domainname'. # # 2) If the user want a FQDN in there, it should be possible # without hacking things to pieces, but then he should # know what he is doing ... # Change this chapter accordingly (it's a small chapter and so it is a simple change ;-)
You can find the proposed change on http://cvs.gentoo.org/~swift/gentoo-x86-install.html. However, I haven't added the information about the NIS domain since I think we can safely assume that people who have a NIS domain, know what to do, and people that don't have a NIS domain can easily be confused by it (especially if they don't know what NIS is).
Committed into cvs.
