Index: dhcp-options.5
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RCS file: /cvsroot/DHCP/common/dhcp-options.5,v
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diff -u -r1.20 dhcp-options.5
--- dhcp-options.5	2001/06/27 00:29:43	1.20
+++ dhcp-options.5	2002/02/19 08:36:07
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@
 This option specifies the name of the client.  The name may or may
 not be qualified with the local domain name (it is preferable to use
 the domain-name option to specify the domain name).  See RFC 1035 for
-character set restrictions.
+character set restrictions.  This option is only honored by
+.B dhclient-script(8)
+if the hostname for the client machine is not set.
 .RE
 .PP
 .B option \fBieee802-3-encapsulation\fR \fIflag\fR\fB;\fR