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[Gordon Messmer]

shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> Gordon Messmer wrote:
> 
>> The order of lines in the hosts file doesn't 
>> matter.
> 
> 
> and i could bet that the order of lines does matter  ;-)
> 
> 192.168.0.100   horseshit
> 192.168.0.101   horseshit
> 192.168.0.200   bullshit
> 192.168.0.201   bullshit

Ok, you got me.  My phrasing was too strong, when what I really meant 
was "the order of lines isn't relevant, and won't affect, the problem 
being discussed".

[snip clarification]
> thanks for the clarification.
> 
> since rhl 6.x i could always solve the long sendmail startup with
> 
> 127.0.0.1   hostname hostname.localdomain localhost localhost.localdomain
> 
> without "search localdomain" in /etc/resolv.conf

Did you have any "search" list?  Just curious.  I'm not sure when the 
resolver would try to look up that name, but if it works...  :)