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

bug in /etc/hosts: hostname in loopback address

2002-01-02 Thread Benjamin Low
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, if required). Now, the thing is I d