Ubuntu raring oem install series name is ignored

[Jackson Doak]

At the start of the raring oem install the "series name" you enter doesn't change the machine name, eg. if it make QATeam as the series name the machine name should be oem-QATeam for the oem part, the USER-QATEAM for the end-user install. instead it's oem-Virtualbox and USER-Virtualbox. this bug could be VM/Vbox only.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 3 09:25:09 2013
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- oem-config/enable=true
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-03 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130102)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1095465

[Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs)]

It appears the series name doesn't affect the hostname, and if this is intended, this would not be a bug.. We need confirmation. I was able to change the machine name of both the oem and user installations during the install. The defaults could be changed and were respected once set. However, if I changed the default during oem installation, I got no default machine name during user installation. This might be a separate bug.

[Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs)]

According to xnox:
<xnox> balloons: it is suppose to store series id somewhere under /var/log/installer/*, and include them in apport bug reports as a means of identifying the batch of identical machines.
<xnox> balloons: it should not change anything else at all.
<xnox> balloons: OEM series should be something like "thinkpad-t43-555546877-batch32-factory65-line2-shift4", e.g. nothing human sensible, but something that is uniquely identifiable and traceable back to production line logs/batches/orders.