[arch-general] Last networkmanager in testing busts everything in?gnome ?

[Baho Utot]

Jim Pryor wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:53:10AM -0500, Baho Utot wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 08 January 2010 03:54:23 Allan McRae wrote:
>>     
>>> Ionut Biru wrote:
>>> Yep, my /etc/hosts file was definitely changed:
>>>
>>> #
>>> # /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
>>> #
>>> 127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
>>>
>>> #<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
>>> 127.0.0.1	arch
>>> 127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
>>>       
>> I was having trouble with networking several years ago and had a /etc/host 
>> like yours.  I posted to usenet and the network gurus there promptly busted me 
>> for that layout.
>>
>> They told me to do this instead:
>>
>> #<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
>> 127.0.0.1                   localhost.localdomain            localhost
>> 127.0.0.2                   arch.<yourdomain>              arch
>>
>> They claim that the above conforms to the RFC's and reusing the 127.0.0.1 
>> address can confuse some apps.
>>
>> I have been using the above and it has always worked, no busted apps.
>>     
>
>
> This also seems to work for me, at least the extra aliases at the end of
> the line are respected:
>
> #<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost    arch
>
>
>   
Yes taht is a good way also but I like to keep all the aliases  on there 
own line, that way I can assign a domain to the host.