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 0C6031382C5 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DFCCE0833; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A94B1E07F9 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1lM8tU-0000FF-OV for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:33:52 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file? Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:33:52 +0000 Message-ID: <2600420.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> In-Reply-To: <1782394.CQOukoFCf9@lenovo.localdomain> References: <65049b74-842b-0211-bbfe-35607c279a75@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <1782394.CQOukoFCf9@lenovo.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost03c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 44d621ef-9251-4dae-8082-bf51b56af571 X-Archives-Hash: 7ca052c1039c1d5abe909f6b086515b5 On Tuesday, 16 March 2021 12:16:43 GMT Michael wrote: > Perhaps it is time to file a bug to propose a way forward both on the > Handbook and the Wiki pages to ensure network configuration remains > consistent across the documentation. I tried raising a bug report against the Wiki once, and was rebuked and told to go away. -- Regards, Peter.