Re: bug in /etc/hosts: hostname in loopback address

2002-01-02 Thread Craig Dickson
Benjamin Low wrote: > After just installing debian/unstable, I've found my /etc/hosts file > contains the line > > 127.0.0.1 preston localhost > > This is invalid, the "hostname" address shouldn't be mapped to the > loopback address. (I can provide authoratitive references stating as > such,

Re: bug in /etc/hosts: hostname in loopback address

2002-01-02 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 02 Jan 2002 10:18:48PM +1100, Benjamin Low insinuated: > After just installing debian/unstable, I've found my /etc/hosts file > contains the line > > 127.0.0.1 preston localhost > > This is invalid, the "hostname" address shouldn't be mapped to the > loopback address. (I can provide aut