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udhcp package

  1. Bug #357518
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 357518

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Tom Metro (tmetro+ubuntu) wrote : Re: [Bug 357518] Re: udhcpc doesn't set hostname in doscover packet

MatthiasH wrote:
> ...I learned that this is a configuration issue:
> Adding the option "hostname $(hostname)" to the configuration...

Right, it seems I noted that in my original report:
"Modifying /etc/network/interfaces to include a hostname argument
appeared to resolve the problem."

I believe the bug I was pointing out is that the behavior is
inconsistent with the other two DHCP client packages.