From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1C48138330 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E1763E0912; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92947E0912 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CB1534027D for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6F6245F for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:09 +0000 (UTC) From: "William Hubbs" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "William Hubbs" Message-ID: <1472239593.24af4fb374c67661fb1bf9dfb842fae70fd7f5f2.williamh@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/baselayout:master commit in: etc/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/baselayout X-VCS-Files: etc/hosts X-VCS-Directories: etc/ X-VCS-Committer: williamh X-VCS-Committer-Name: William Hubbs X-VCS-Revision: 24af4fb374c67661fb1bf9dfb842fae70fd7f5f2 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: ef1b9761-692f-4e5e-8b15-f548d76dc67c X-Archives-Hash: 6daf28c5617147b1b9025884fc2e2e2d commit: 24af4fb374c67661fb1bf9dfb842fae70fd7f5f2 Author: William Hubbs gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Aug 26 19:21:07 2016 +0000 Commit: William Hubbs gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri Aug 26 19:26:33 2016 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=24af4fb3 etc/hosts: document the alias order Add documentation showing that the first host alias is the canonical host name. X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536624 etc/hosts | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/hosts b/etc/hosts index 8a37ca5..b3d3721 100644 --- a/etc/hosts +++ b/etc/hosts @@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ # This file describes a number of aliases-to-address mappings for the for # local hosts that share this file. # +# The format of lines in this file is: +# +# IP_ADDRESS canonical_hostname [aliases...] +# +#The fields can be separated by any number of spaces or tabs. +# # In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may not be # consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order. #