The change from 'localhost' to 'localhost.localdomain' was made in svn revision 16759. The Debian changelog entry added at that time refers to bug report #247734. Looking at #247734 I see that 'localhost.localdomain' appeared without anyone either supporting its inclusion or objecting to it. This wasn't what the conversation was about.
I see no reason not to revert the change. If the presence of 'localhost.localdomain' causes trouble and if standard practice is to have 'localhost' only then I think that that is reason enough to revert. However, I think that applications should work properly whether /etc/hosts contains 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost or 127.0.0.1 localhost especially considering the fact that the sarge installer writes /etc/hosts with the former. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]