From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-28T06:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Bonjour and Socket::getaddrinfo

gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:

/ ...

> /etc/hosts on my Mac looks like:
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
> ::1             localhost
> 
> This is the 'out of the box' configuration.  I didn't have to
> add anything.  Also my bonjour host name 'radar.local' is resolved
> automatically with no need to play with /etc/hosts.

Do you mean it has an assigned address as well as being defined as hostname?
I ask because this address is normally entered into /etc/hosts as well,
unless of course DHCP is creating the assignment (different address every
time).

By the way, the "::1  localhost" syntax is quite alien from a *nix
perspective. Hard to say what it means.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com