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Description of problem:
setup uses 'hostname' which couldn't be installed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
setup-2.12.2-2.el8_0.1.noarch

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. have a user with csh shell
2. remove hostname package (isn't it depreciated ? or will it)
3. login as user


[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-157 bz1461001-wiretap-does-not-write-drop-count-in-pcapng]# cat /etc/passwd | grep 'a:'
a:x:1000:1000::/home/a:/bin/csh
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-157 bz1461001-wiretap-does-not-write-drop-count-in-pcapng]# rpm -q hostname
package hostname is not installed
[root@ci-vm-10-0-137-157 bz1461001-wiretap-does-not-write-drop-count-in-pcapng]# su - a
Last login: Mon Sep 30 10:22:40 EDT 2019 on pts/0
/usr/bin/hostname: Command not found.



Actual results:
not nice welcome message


Expected results:
no error

Additional info:

I noticed that /etc/profile uses '2>/dev/null' for enable HOSTNAME variable that hides this issue with default bash. So issue is only for csh.
this is not regression its there for a long time.

(In reply to Petr Sklenar ⛄ from comment #0)
> 2. remove hostname package (isn't it depreciated ? or will it)

There is a BZ for Fedora to make setup use hostnamectl instead of hostname so as soon as it gets fixed in Fedora, this could get fixed in RHEL too:

Bug 1745245 - `/etc/profile` should use `/usr/bin/hostnamectl` by default instead of `/usr/bin/hostname`

This bug is fixed in Fedora and since it has low priority it's unlikely it'll be included in RHEL. Closing as wontfix based on management with the reporter.