Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:27:31 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: nicholas harteau <nrh@ikami.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts: localhost Message-ID: <20020821032731.GH785@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20020821031943.GT29960@ikami.com> References: <20020821031943.GT29960@ikami.com>
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:19:43PM -0500, nicholas harteau wrote: > > Sometime recently /etc/hosts seems to have been changed such that: > > ::1 localhost > lies before > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > making some applications (bind9.2.1's rndc bit me in the ass) bomb out > when trying to connect to 'localhost' in this context. > > is there a real compelling reason to put the ipv6 variant first? It's done two years ago according to http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/hosts Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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