From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 31 20:21:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B9BE16A500; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp6.server.rpi.edu (smtp6.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE9443D46; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:21:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp6.server.rpi.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k7VKL7ks012709; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:21:09 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20060831095352.GA52914@rambler-co.ru> References: <200608290920.k7T9KmV9067843@repoman.freebsd.org> <86zmdmfoow.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20060830202834.GA11284@rambler-co.ru> <20060830192456.2497b4bd.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20060831095352.GA52914@rambler-co.ru> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:21:06 -0400 To: Ruslan Ermilov From: Garance A Drosehn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Cc: Tom Rhodes , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:21:11 -0000 At 1:53 PM +0400 8/31/06, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >[...] I'd replace the default /etc/hosts with: > >127.0.0.1 localhost >::1 localhost I think that is trimming that file too much. I think the file needs to include the localhost.my.domain entry, even though every installation should be changing that 'my.domain' part. I would have it: # $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts,v 1.16 2003/01/28 21:29:23 dbaker Exp $ # # Host Database # # This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that # share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your # machine. # # See /etc/examples/hosts for additional important information. # ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain My feeling is that it's okay if the distributed file has to be changed to get a working installation, just as long as the few details which are in that distributed file are not likely to change in the future. As long as the file will not repeatedly show up in the mergemaster step, then it will not a problem (IMO). -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosehn@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA