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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2015-03-20 15:25:31 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-03-21 00:00:48 +0000 |
| commit | 4783ead254f135d7d4753f3b60a6e41249f3be8a (patch) | |
| tree | 2a97c6071e589861cd43451d79da0377f063caed /documentation | |
| parent | 12c7efe40addfbc5f02a105ad62eccdf5f9d9c82 (diff) | |
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dev-manual: Applied review edits to section on hostname changing
Edits to the "Customizing an Image Hostname" section from Ross.
Updated the last paragraph to not imply incorrect information.
Fixes [YOCTO #7417]
(From yocto-docs rev: 8997be297077ee0052a5afbe50b9864cdef14058)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index ba74e15..3e48c0a 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ <title>Customizing an Image Hostname</title> <para> - By default the configured hostname (i.e. + By default, the configured hostname (i.e. <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>) in an image is the same as the machine name. For example, if @@ -1186,12 +1186,9 @@ <para> You can customize this name by altering the value of the - "hostname" variable in the base-files recipe using either + "hostname" variable in the + <filename>base-files</filename> recipe using either an append file or a configuration file. - <note> - Setting the variable to "" causes no hostname to be - written to <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>. - </note> Use the following in an append file: <literallayout class='monospaced'> hostname="myhostname" @@ -1218,11 +1215,16 @@ </para> <para> - Another point of interest is that if you leave the variable - "hostname" unset, the image will have no default hostname - in the filesystem. - This condition is suitable for environments that use - dynamic hostnames such as virtual machines. + Another point of interest is that if you unset the variable, + the image will have no default hostname in the filesystem. + Here is an example that unsets the variable in a + configuration file: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + hostname_pn-base-files = "" + </literallayout> + Having no default hostname in the filesystem is suitable for + environments that use dynamic hostnames such as virtual + machines. </para> </section> </section> |
