On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 02:32:14PM +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi all, > > Am 12.12.2025 um 13:54 schrieb tomas@tuxteam.de: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 12:17:30PM +0000, Loic Coupel wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Dear Debian User List > > > > [...] Besides, I don't believe you that the format of /etc/hosts changes > > across GNU/Linux distros (no idea 'bout Android, and about Windows, > > I couldn't care less, sorry). > > Indeed a bold claim... all hosts files I have ever seen or used use exactly > the same format. Even on Windows. > > The file format is afaik not formally defined but seems to date back to > early BSD implementations [...] Actually, the hosts(5) man page has this to say, under "Historical notes": RFC 952 gave the original format for the host table, though it has since changed. ...so there seems to be an (albeit outdated) formal spec :) Cheers -- t
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