[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 2/2] package/nss-myhostname: Add package
Vincent Prince
vincent.prince.fr at gmail.com
Tue May 29 08:00:12 UTC 2018
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 is it 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
Signed-off-by: Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr at gmail.com>
---
DEVELOPERS | 3 +++
package/Config.in | 1 +
package/nss-myhostname/Config.in | 11 +++++++++++
package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.hash | 3 +++
package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.mk | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 package/nss-myhostname/Config.in
create mode 100644 package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.hash
create mode 100644 package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.mk
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 41e1b54..88c9a71 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1813,6 +1813,9 @@ F: package/openmpi/
F: package/pinentry/
F: package/trinity/
+N: Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr at gmail.com>
+F: package/nss-myhostname/
+
N: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at laposte.net>
F: package/i7z/
F: package/msr-tools/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 3cf53ed..3ac0d63 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ menu "Networking"
source "package/neon/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"
diff --git a/package/nss-myhostname/Config.in b/package/nss-myhostname/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..549e167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nss-myhostname/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+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
diff --git a/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.hash b/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfa531c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# locally computed
+sha256 2ba744ea8d578d1c57c85884e94a3042ee17843a5294434d3a7f6c4d67e7caf2 nss-myhostname-0.3.tar.gz
+sha256 a9bdde5616ecdd1e980b44f360600ee8783b1f99b8cc83a2beb163a0a390e861 LICENSE
diff --git a/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.mk b/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435c380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+## 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
+
+define MYHOSTNAME_SET_NSSWITCH
+ $(SED) '/^hosts:/s/\s*\<myhostname\>//' \
+ -E -e 's,(^hosts:.*)(\<files\>)(.*)(\<dns\>)(.*),\1\2 myhostname \3\4\5,' \
+ $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/nsswitch.conf
+endef
+
+NSS_MYHOSTNAME_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += MYHOSTNAME_SET_NSSWITCH
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
--
2.7.4
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