nss-myhostname is helpful to resolve local hostname without domain.
For instance, if we set hostname to myboard and ping myboard
without .local suffix, it fails if /etc/hosts stays unchanged.
nss-myhostname modifies /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
It set myhostname resolution just after files in hosts line,
for example:
hosts: files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
This choice comes from Debian commit [1] and Yocto recipe [2].
Also, nss-myhostname author suggests myhostname should be used as
a backup and appended at the end of hosts line. Both choices are valid.
Discussion on Debian bug tracker [3] gives some details on issue
that may occurs using nss-myhostname (see fqdn).
Note nss-myhostname is already included in systemd, so ensure is conflicts
with it.
[1] http://git.nomeata.de/?p=libnss-myhostname.git;a=commit;h=
5104d7f0045df55ee8be526e8c84078750e1e0ed
[2] https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-support/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname_0.3.bb
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756224
[Peter: simplify sed invocation, adjust Config.in]
Signed-off-by: Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
F: package/pinentry/
F: package/trinity/
+N: Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr@gmail.com>
+F: package/nss-myhostname/
+
N: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle@laposte.net>
F: package/i7z/
F: package/msr-tools/
source "package/nghttp2/Config.in"
source "package/norm/Config.in"
source "package/nss-mdns/Config.in"
+ source "package/nss-myhostname/Config.in"
source "package/nss-pam-ldapd/Config.in"
source "package/omniorb/Config.in"
source "package/openldap/Config.in"
--- /dev/null
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NSS_MYHOSTNAME
+ bool "nss-myhostname"
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+ depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_MYHOSTNAME
+ help
+ Name Service Switch module for resolving the local hostname
+
+ http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname
+
+comment "nss-myhostname needs a glibc toolchain"
+ depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+ depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_MYHOSTNAME
--- /dev/null
+# locally computed
+sha256 2ba744ea8d578d1c57c85884e94a3042ee17843a5294434d3a7f6c4d67e7caf2 nss-myhostname-0.3.tar.gz
+sha256 a9bdde5616ecdd1e980b44f360600ee8783b1f99b8cc83a2beb163a0a390e861 LICENSE
--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+## nss-myhostname
+#
+################################################################################
+
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_VERSION = 0.3
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_SITE = http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+# add myhostname after files if missing
+define MYHOSTNAME_SET_NSSWITCH
+ $(SED) '/^hosts:/ {/myhostname/! s/files/files myhostname/}' \
+ $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/nsswitch.conf
+endef
+
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += MYHOSTNAME_SET_NSSWITCH
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))