25859 – Missing lines in /etc/hosts for resolution of special ipv6 adresses

Bug 25859 - Missing lines in /etc/hosts for resolution of special ipv6 adresses

Summary: Missing lines in /etc/hosts for resolution of special ipv6 adresses

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-08-04 02:07 UTC by Guy Martin (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-08-04 13:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-04 02:07:33 UTC

/etc/hosts is missing line for special ipv6 addresses like ip6-localhost. Here are the lines which should be added :  ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-04 02:13:04 UTC

oops seems links is not sending the \n

Retyping the lines in mozilla :)

::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-04 13:14:47 UTC

Added to CVS.