Bug#3143: sysvinit init.d/network script buglet

[Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>]

You (Stephen Early) wrote:
> > So I think the "route add 127.0.0.1" is how it should be done.
>
> I refer you to the file Documentation/Changes in recent kernel trees; it
> says:
>
> Network errors with recent kernels
> ==================================
>
>    Many default network scripts are set up add a route to the localhost
> at 127.0.0.1 at startup.  However, they do this incorrectly.  To fix
> the error, which is now spotted by the kernel, look for a line like
> `route add -net 127.0.0.1' in your network configuration files and
> change it to `route add -net 127.0.0.0'.

But that text needs to be read in a different context; many distributions
have a "route add -net 127.0.0.1" and *that* is broken with newer kernels.
Both "route add 127.0.0.1" and "route add -net 127.0.0.0" are correct.

By the way, there is nothing to be gained by routing the whole 127 net
over "lo"; it still only reacts to 127.0.0.1.

Mike.
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