http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573488 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573488#c0 Summary: Installation adds 127.0.0.2 to /etc/hosts which breaks a lot of network software Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: Happy.Cerberus@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; cs-CZ; rv:1.9.2.0) Gecko/20100115 SUSE/3.6.0-1.1 Firefox/3.6 Due to second loopback present, a lot of network software is broken. Main reason is that gethostbyname() returns two IPv4 addresses for the hostname (therefore the software cannot determine a single IP for connection and ends with error). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.