[OE-core] [PATCH] netbase: Adding loop back for machine name in hosts file

[Enrico Scholz]

Otavio Salvador <otavio-fKevB0iiKLMBZ+LybsDmbA at public.gmane.org> writes:

>>> +     echo 127.0.1.1 "             "${MACHINE} >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/hosts
>>
>> This is a very questionable setup which causes a lot of harm.  When
>> really wanted, it should be made optional and not the default.
>
> What kind of harm you see?

e.g. in sshd_config

| ListenAddress <hostname>


When Fedora had such a setup, I had a lot of trouble with KRB5ized
NFS4. See [1] for examples. Generally, external and internal DNS should
be consistent.

Beside this... afaik ${MACHINE} can contain '_' and '.' which are either
forbidden ('_') or have special meanings in DNS.


Enrico

Footnotes: 
[1]  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648725