Package: debian-reference Version: 2.47 Severity: normal This is about: 5.1.2. The hostname resolution
I know some people dislike this setting but 127.0.1.1 IP address but it is still in the /etc/hosts file. I think its architect was Thomas Hood. http://bugs.debian.org/316099 http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/06/msg00938.html He wrote in older version of Debian reference 10.4 as the following. | Some software (e.g., GNOME) expects the system hostname to be resolvable | to an IP address with a canonical fully qualified domain name. This is | really improper because system hostnames and domain names are two very | different things; but there you have it. In order to support that | software, it is necessary to ensure that the system hostname can be | resolved. Most often this is done by putting a line in /etc/hosts | containing some IP address and the system hostname. If your system has a | permanent IP address then use that; otherwise use the address 127.0.1.1. | | 127.0.0.1 localhost | 127.0.1.1 uranus I also found: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/72341 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop/+bug/94048 Also discusiion around: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-August/120811.html So this seems to be correct configuration carefully crafter after discussion despite some web pages states this as bug. When I updated everything around here, I basically rewote thing and this fact was dropped accidentalyin the current verion. Oh, UBUNTU page is also interesting: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/network-configuration.html When updating this section on DR, this needs to be refefenced. When adding this content, we may need to point to the following fact: | If someone wish to convert host to fixed IP after installing under DHCP | to get such configuration, | * one must update /etc/network/interfaces for static IP | * one must replace 127.0.1.1 line with the real | IP address match with the real DNS resolvable registered | host name such as: | | 64.35.25.109 realhostname.example.com realhostname There are some negatives associated with this 127.0.1.1 set up. But this is bug for other program. http://bugs.debian.org/617268 Osamu -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debian-reference depends on: ii debian-reference-en 2.47 Versions of packages debian-reference recommends: ii debian-reference-fr 2.47 ii debian-reference-it 2.47 ii debian-reference-ja 2.47 ii debian-reference-pt 2.47 debian-reference suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
