On Sunday January 04 2015 16:51:42 Justin C. Walker wrote: > > (It is *not*, however, in /Hosts.) > > Do you mean that "localhost" is not mentioned in /etc/hosts? I can't verify > that one way or another since my 10.10 system is an upgrade from several > versions back.
My 10.9.5 is an upgrade from 10.6 which in turn was a clean install AFAIK, but I'm pretty sure my /etc/hosts was copied from the disk that survived the death of my 10.4.11 Powerbook G4. #> dscl . read /Computers/localhost AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default IPAddress: 127.0.0.1 IPv6Address: ::1 fe80::1%lo0 KerberosServices: host afpserver cifs vnc RecordName: localhost RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Computers Yet: #> head /etc/hosts ## # Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost Portia 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost # RJVB 20061015: what?? #::1 localhost6 Justin, exactly what issue do you have with Safari and localhost? I can connect just fine to localhost:631, don't think I have other services running that would make sense to a browser... R. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users