Bug#316099: Please give system hostname IP address 127.0.1.1
Package: netcfg
As discussed in the debian-boot mailing list recently[0], netcfg should
(IMHO) never put the system hostname in /etc/hosts as an alias for
'localhost.localdomain'. If the system hostname cannot be added
to /etc/hosts as the canonical hostname for a permanent real IP address
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
86.44.102.62 pengo
then it should be written as the canonical hostname for a 127.* address.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.1.1 pengo
In the long run it may be better not to write the system hostname
into /etc/hosts at all.
[0]http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/06/msg00938.html
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Thomas Hood
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