Justin Pryzby wrote:
> First, why is it necessary to set the hostname

otherwise some stupid maintainerscripts of packages do fail, e.g. ssmtp
in etch.

> Second, why isn't it clear why the hostname shouldn't be changed back?

it is clear, and it is also set back as you quoted:

>               if [ -f /etc/hostname ]
>               then
>                       hostname -F /etc/hostname
>               fi

I know that it's shitty, to have the hostname changed while live-helper
is running. Do you have a better idea to work arround those stupid
maintainerscripts?

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