>> This is generally true, Greg, and I get that, but every new version,
>> which should just continue what works, doesn't cuz somebody moved a
>> config file and last years fix doesn't work this year. And you can't
>> ask for help when its not working. So YOU have to fix it based of what
>> YOU know works. Makes one wonder about the motives.
> I use host files and I don't have that problem.
Same here: the last time I had problems with `/etc/hosts` files was
back when `/etc/nsswitch.conf` was introduced :-)
That was before I started using Debian.
I can relate to Gene's feelings since there's been indeed some churn
over the years, but `/etc/hosts` seems like an odd example because this
one is among the most stable part of Unix/Linux.
Stefan
