Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.5-6 Severity: serious
Hallo, I have the (bad, it seems) habitude of putting leading zeroes in the IP-addresses in /etc/hosts. eg. 127.000.000.001 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.001.002 ghp-medp4.ghp.be ghp-medp4 Since I ran aptitude last weekend (3/9/2005), and libc6 was upgraded (amongst others!), I have the following problem: # hostname ghp-medp4 # hostname -v -f gethostname()=`ghp-medp4' Resolving `ghp-medp4' ... hostname: Unknown host This system could not send mail anymore, using sendmail, which reported "stat=Data format error", so I started looking for the cause. It took me a couple of hours before I was so desperate that I removed the leading zeroes from the ip-addresses in /etc/hosts, and lo and behold: # hostname -v -f gethostname()=`ghp-medp4' Resolving `ghp-medp4' ... Result: h_name=`ghp-medp4.ghp.be' Result: h_aliases=`ghp-medp4' Result: h_addr_list=`192.168.1.52' ghp-medp4.ghp.be -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) -- no debconf information ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]