Bug 444232 – sys-apps/coreutils: Add USE=hostname for those who do not want net-tools

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 128538
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Alex Xu (Hello71) 2012-11-21 21:01:01 UTC]

I have read #128538 and nothing on my system appears to call domainname. However, if net-tools is removed, the hostname service will not start because /bin/hostname is not provided by coreutils. Coreutils should have a USE=hostname dependent on -net-tools to sort-of support this.

[Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2012-11-21 21:09:44 UTC]

Created attachment 330166 [details, diff]
Patch coreutils-*.ebuild to add USE=hostname

[Comment 2 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2012-11-21 21:10:57 UTC]

Not quite sure if --enable-no-install-program overrides --enable-install-program.

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2012-11-22 04:25:20 UTC]

the hostname service shouldn't exist in the first place

[Comment 4 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2012-11-22 04:27:10 UTC]

Then what sets the hostname? net?

[Comment 5 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2013-04-20 01:21:07 UTC]

Created attachment 346050 [details, diff]
Patch coreutils-*.ebuild to add USE=hostname

A patch that actually works this time.

[Comment 6 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2013-04-20 01:25:29 UTC]

Created attachment 346052 [details, diff]
Patch coreutils-*.ebuild to add USE=hostname

Block net-tools if USE=hostname.

[Comment 7 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2014-09-06 00:48:20 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 128538 ***