Re: [gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file?

[Arve Barsnes]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 at 03:50, Grant Taylor
<gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
> > The loopback address is just that: the machine talking to itself, with
> > no reference to the outside world. Whereas, while talking to other
> > machines on the network its address is that of the interface. There's
> > no connection between those two.
>
> That doesn't explain /why/ the local host name is added to the line
> containing 127.0.0.1 and / or ::1.

I don't think that was the question Peter sought to answer, but rather
that 'hostname -i' returns the loopback address either way.

Might still defy logic depending on the way you look at it, but that's
a different question.

Regards,
Arve