Symbolic linking /etc/hostname -> /boot/hostname

Bug #1093190 reported by trouch
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Raspbian
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Bug Description

Symbolic linking /etc/hostname -> /boot/hostname
Allows hostname configuration when the SD card is mounted on any computer.
For instance, right after SD setup, it allows to setup the hostname before the first boot.

trouch (trouch)
description: updated
summary: - Symbolic linkink /etc/hostname -> /boot/hostname
+ Symbolic linking /etc/hostname -> /boot/hostname
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Diederik (didi-debian) wrote :

This is not possible as FAT(32) does not support symbolic links.

Thus closing it as Invalid (as I can't choose "won't fix").

Changed in raspbian:
status: New → Invalid
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