The dependency wasn't added so that gnome-control-center could resolve the hostname but so that everything else could resolve the hostname when gnome-control-center is used to change the hostname.
Anyway, the dependency is already dropped in our bzr branch. This issue just didn't seem critical enough to try to get through Final Freeze since it was only identified today. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766575 Title: Drop libnss-myhostname recommends To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1766575/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
