From 4018dfc8de4818101c336ff8bcf0f4762b318c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:43:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] init.d/hostname: do not use localhost as a default hostname

This allows the operating system default hostname to be used if no
hostname is configured.
---
 init.d/hostname.in | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init.d/hostname.in b/init.d/hostname.in
index 74866b4c..253d338d 100644
--- a/init.d/hostname.in
+++ b/init.d/hostname.in
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ start()
 	else
 		# HOSTNAME variable used to be defined in caps in conf.d/hostname.
 		# It is also a magic variable in bash.
-		h=${hostname-${HOSTNAME-localhost}} # checkbashisms: false positive
+		h=${hostname-${HOSTNAME}} # checkbashisms: false positive
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$h" ]; then
+		einfo "Using default system hostname"
+		return 0
 	fi
 	ebegin "Setting hostname to $h $source"
 	hostname "$h"