On Mar 12 17:25:45, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 05:49:32PM +0100, hans wrote:
> > On Mar 12 16:36:37, [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 04:57:04PM +0100, hans wrote:
> > > > Has the attitude towards /etc/hosts changed again?
> > > > After a fresh install of current/i386,
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> > > > ::1 localhost
> > > > 192.168.22.4 www.stare.cz www
> > > >
> > > > The first two I would expect.
> > > > The last one was assigned to me via DHCP during install;
> > > > I am changing the network configuration now (to another,
> > > > static IP address), and removing it from /etc/hosts;
> > > > but it's easy to have a stale DHCP address
> > > > assigned during install left in /etc/hosts.
> > > >
> > > > I believe it was discussed on the list before,
> > > > and the decision was not to do this.
> > > > Has the rationale changed?
> > > >
> > > > Jan
> > >
> > > You're probably referring to this commit from 2 years ago and since then
> > > nothing changed with respect to adding static entries to /etc/hosts.
> > >
> > > revision 1.682
> > > date: 2013/07/21 22:06:51; author: halex; state: Exp; lines: +1 -6;
> > > stop adding static entries to /etc/hosts for dynamic ip addresses
> > >
> > > "do it NOW" deraadt@
> >
> > Yes, that's what I was referring to; thanks.
> >
> > This is a fresh install, and I sure didn't put it there myself.
> > How could this entry ended up in my /etc/hosts ?
> >
> > The file /etc/hosts is in the Attic since Fri Sep 5 07:22:29 2014
> > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/Attic/hosts
> > The remove message says
> >
> > Make the installer create the /etc/hosts template.
> > While here, re-add a missing 'echo' from install.sh.
> >
> > Could it be where it got back?
> >
> > Jan
>
> No, I don't think so. The corresponding change in install.sh from ajacoutot@
> (rev. 1.258) just writes the two localhost entries to the hosts file instead
> of using a static hosts template file containing these two localhost entries.
>
> I just did a test install myself to verify the current installer behaviour.
> Having one interface and using 'dhcp' to configure it results in the two
> localhost lines and nothing more. I used the latest snapshot for that.
I am sorry - I was wrong in the original descripton.
The address and name was installed _manually_ during the install
(as opposed to dhcp).
Is it desirable to have it in /etc/hosts in that case?
Jan
