Re: exim, local resolver, host name lookups and IPv6

["Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@gmail.com>]

Marc Haber wrote:
> In some cases, exim still looks up its IP address when a listening
> daemon starts up. This is why the Debian installer configures
> 127.0.1.1 (not 127.0.0.1) for the local hostname on installation,
> yielding /etc/hosts files like 
>
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 127.0.1.1       myfoo.localdomain   myfoo

<snip>

> This being said, I consider the entire 127.0.1.1 business a horrible
> hack which is one of the most ugly things I have ever seen. Do we have
> a chance to implement this in a more cleaner way, or is it still the
> way to go for the distribution, where we don't know zilch about the
> environment where an installed system is going to be used?

I second this request. Just a data point: this 127.0.1.1 setup breaks the "vde2" 
package (namely, its slirp-based part) if a local DNS server that listens on 
127.0.0.1 only (e.g., pdnsd) is used. Please find some other way to skin exim.

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Alexander E. Patrakov