git: 5d7d057bb4 - main - handbook/network: Clarify use of Amnesiac

Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=5d7d057bb4c6cf7ff931fa6d57fb8f6810cec1a3

commit 5d7d057bb4c6cf7ff931fa6d57fb8f6810cec1a3
Author:     Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-06-26 02:03:19 +0000
Commit:     Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2025-06-26 02:03:19 +0000

    handbook/network: Clarify use of Amnesiac
    
    When FreeBSD calls itself Amnesiac, that is not actually the hostname.
    It does that when there is no hostname set. It is not a substitute for
    assigning a hostname. Setting a hostname or complaining when none is set
    would introduce a regression for cases where the hostname is assigned by
    the DHCP server. Attempt to clarify the handbook instead of changing the
    behavior.
    
    PR:             286847
    Reported by:    jrtc27
    Discussed with: linimon
---
 documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network/_index.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network/_index.adoc
index 875e9fa7cf..fdd096d763 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network/_index.adoc
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ The hostname represents the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the host on th
 
 [TIP]
 ====
-If no hostname has been set for the host FreeBSD will assign the value `Amnesiac`.
+If no hostname is set for the host, FreeBSD will call itself `Amnesiac`.
 ====
 
 [[get-hostname]]
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