Re: Bug#63964: no localhost hostname or loopback device setup on fresh install of potato
Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
>
> > The boot-floppies should be creating an /etc/network/interfaces file that
> > includes the line:
> >
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > at all times. They also should be including loopback in /etc/hosts at all
> > times. Even when there's no other networking.
>
> In my tests, we *do* do this.
On at least one install I did (on my new laptop, which has gotten more
testing than most of my test installs), I had to add this line manually.
I'll keep an eye on it during future test installs.
Hm. It's possible I just didn't set up the network though. I was
installing from files on a dos partition, and networking was pcmcia, and
I probably didn't bother to configure it in dboostrap.
IMHO, the lo entry should be added even if networking is not configured.
(I'm not sure what version of boot floppies this was -- it was whatever
was current on ftp.debian.org approximatly 2 weeks ago.)
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