Re: 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts

["Per Olofsson" <pelle@dsv.su.se>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 17:19 +0200, Per Olofsson wrote:
> Is there any particular reason why netcfg maps 127.0.0.1 to the
> hostname in /etc/hosts? I.e.:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	myhost	localhost
> 
> This makes reverse lookups quite confusing, as you expect 127.0.0.1 to
> be mapped to localhost, not to the hostname. I know that GNOME and
> possibly other programs need to be able to resolve the hostname, but
> isn't it better to define it as an alias in that case:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost	myhost

I committed this change now.

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Pelle