Comment # 8 on bug 934056 from Tom���� Chv��tal

(In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #7)
> The recent update broke my machine after updating Tumbleweed.
> Now it got an empty /etc/HOSTNAME and the old one was stored in
> /etc/HOSTNAME.rpmorig.  And hostname command returns "localhost".
> 
> Meanwhile /etc/hostname (and /etc/hostname.rpmorig) contain the right string.

Can't reproduce on any of the testing Factory deploiments I have.

Any insight on how the layout was done before you updated?

Eg. HOSTNAME being proper symlink to hostname or something special, etc etc.