@curaga
Yes that patch helped (I wasn't expecting "some assembly required"
). Might I also suggest the following for /usr/bin/sethostname:
--- /usr/bin/sethostname
+++ usr/bin/sethostname
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
echo $HOSTNAME >/etc/hostname
hostname ...
Yes that patch helped (I wasn't expecting "some assembly required"

--- /usr/bin/sethostname
+++ usr/bin/sethostname
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
echo $HOSTNAME >/etc/hostname
hostname ...