This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.10.1-0ubuntu6
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eglibc (2.10.1-0ubuntu6) karmic; urgency=low
* patches/all/submitted-missing-etc-hosts.diff: a missing /etc/hosts should
be treated as a simple "not found", not as an internal error.
LP: #408901.
-- Steve Langasek <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009
19:58:18 +0000
** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu Karmic)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/karmic/eglibc
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when /etc/hosts doesn't exist, apt fails to resolve hostnames using libc6
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408901
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