fix issue with fallback hostname defaulting to "thinroot" and not using

the one from the thinroot.hosts file instead.
jens-maus · Sep 18, 2024 · a3ae9e0 · a3ae9e0
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diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/init.d/S42LoadNetFiles b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/init.d/S42LoadNetFiles
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ load_thinroot_hosts() {
         fi
       done
 
-      if [[ "${HOSTNAME}" == "localhost" ]]; then
+      # if no hostname can be queried (localhost or thinroot fallback), then
+      # we try to get it from the thinroot.hosts file instead
+      if [[ "${HOSTNAME}" == "localhost" ]] ||
+         [[ "${HOSTNAME}" == "thinroot" ]]; then
         NEW_HOSTNAME=$(grep -m1 -i " ${MAC_ADDR}" "${TMPDIR}/thinroot.hosts" | cut -d" " -f1)
         if [[ -n "${NEW_HOSTNAME}" && "${NEW_HOSTNAME}" != "-" ]]; then
           /bin/hostname "${NEW_HOSTNAME}"