On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:14:51PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2009-12-27 14:22:53 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > No, the hostname should be set on a *separate* line, mapped to 127.0.1.1, > > as we've been doing for years now. Setting an equivalence between localhost > > and the hostname causes all manner of problems due to hostname > > canonicalization. > Shouldn't this be described in the hosts(5) man page? That would seem to fit with the rest of the page. I guess a bug report is in order? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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