Please review netcfg templates for debian-installer

Holger Wansing <[email protected]> Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:19:53 +0100
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Hi all,

a Happy New Year to you!

I would like to ask for a review of some template changings regarding the
network config in debian-installer=2E

netcfg allows (for a long time already) to give an fully qualified domain
name (FQDN), when the installer asks for the hostname=2E
The wording in the templates however does not tell about this possibilty=
=2E

So I have prepared a diff, to get a review=2E
Diff attached=2E

It would be great, if someone could take some time for review=2E

Thanks!
Holger


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