Comment 6 for bug 12709

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In , Luigi Gangitano (luigi) wrote : Re: Bug#294431: Installation error on machines lacking a FQDN

Il giorno mer, 09-02-2005 alle 20:58 +0100, Oliver Siegmar ha scritto:
> It is a brand new sarge installation - I haven't tweaked anything.
> So...everyone will get this error in the first place if he/she doesn't
> configure anything manually, right?
>
> At least the installation script should perform a 'hostname -f' or something
> to avoid this kind of errors and to enable visible_hostname by itself.

What would you suggest it'd be a reasonable value for visible_hostname
if there's no FQDN set?

> So I think it is a grave bug.

From rom http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer.en.html

grave
        makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes
        data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
        accounts of users who use the package.

Do you see this bug makeing the package unusable or causing data loss or
introducing a security hole?

Regards,

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