Bug 16569

Summary:	trn fails to start due to missing /etc/HOSTNAME
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Adrian Likins <alikins>
Component:	trn	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	alikins, rvokal
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Description Adrian Likins 2000-08-19 05:22:17 UTC

hey guess what? Something actually uses the
almost useless /etc/HOSTNAME link!

on trying to start `trn` it dies with the 
error messages:

Warning: Couldn't open /etc/HOSTNAME to determine hostname!

Caught an internal error--.newsrc restored

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-08-19 16:09:57 UTC

Fixed in trn-3.6-25.