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commit: 24af4fb374c67661fb1bf9dfb842fae70fd7f5f2 |
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Author: William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Fri Aug 26 19:21:07 2016 +0000 |
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Commit: William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Fri Aug 26 19:26:33 2016 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=24af4fb3 |
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etc/hosts: document the alias order |
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Add documentation showing that the first host alias is the canonical |
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host name. |
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X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536624 |
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etc/hosts | 6 ++++++ |
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1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) |
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diff --git a/etc/hosts b/etc/hosts |
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index 8a37ca5..b3d3721 100644 |
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--- a/etc/hosts |
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+++ b/etc/hosts |
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@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ |
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# This file describes a number of aliases-to-address mappings for the for |
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# local hosts that share this file. |
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# |
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+# The format of lines in this file is: |
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+# |
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+# IP_ADDRESS canonical_hostname [aliases...] |
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+# |
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+#The fields can be separated by any number of spaces or tabs. |
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+# |
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# In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may not be |
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# consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order. |
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# |
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