Public bug reported: gnome-control-center added a Recommends: libnss-myhostname years ago so that it was possible to easily change the hostname in the Details panel. That dependency no longer appears to be needed.
Testing Done ============ In both Debian Testing and Ubuntu 18.04 (Debian doesn't use systemd-resolved so seemed useful to try there too). sudo apt uninstall libnss-myhostname Restart Open the GNOME Settings app (gnome-control-center) In the left sidebar, click Devices Enter a different Device name in the block Open a terminal and verify that the hostname has been changed. Other Info ========== There are concerns about having libnss-myhostname in the default install. See comment 5 at LP: #1741277. See also LP: #1162475 Note that /etc/hosts isn't updated regardless of whether libnss-myhostname is installed (I guess my bug description there was wrong but there was some kind of bug there.) Regression Potential ==================== I believe most distros do install libnss-myhostname as recommended by https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed/ As long as things appear to work, maybe we can ignore that recommendation. ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: New ** Tags: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766575 Title: Drop libnss-myhostname recommends Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: gnome-control-center added a Recommends: libnss-myhostname years ago so that it was possible to easily change the hostname in the Details panel. That dependency no longer appears to be needed. Testing Done ============ In both Debian Testing and Ubuntu 18.04 (Debian doesn't use systemd-resolved so seemed useful to try there too). sudo apt uninstall libnss-myhostname Restart Open the GNOME Settings app (gnome-control-center) In the left sidebar, click Devices Enter a different Device name in the block Open a terminal and verify that the hostname has been changed. Other Info ========== There are concerns about having libnss-myhostname in the default install. See comment 5 at LP: #1741277. See also LP: #1162475 Note that /etc/hosts isn't updated regardless of whether libnss-myhostname is installed (I guess my bug description there was wrong but there was some kind of bug there.) Regression Potential ==================== I believe most distros do install libnss-myhostname as recommended by https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed/ As long as things appear to work, maybe we can ignore that recommendation. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1766575/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
