Bug#364517: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#364517: pbuilder complains that /etc/hosts doesn't exist

[Junichi Uekawa]

reassign 364517 installation-guide-i386
thanks

Hi,

> > You mean, you don't have /etc/hosts and your system is functional?
> 
> Yes. I suppose it was working thanks to the DNS.
> 
> > It's probably possible but I don't think pbuilder should support that
> > kind of setup.
> 
> In this case, the Debian install system (this was debootstrap in
> my case) should make sure that a /etc/hosts is created. Or the
> installation manual[*] should be fixed: it says to set up /etc/fstab,
> /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname, but
> there's nothing about /etc/hosts.
> 
> [*] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en

/etc/hosts should be created somewhere, needs to be fixed.

If you did 'man debootstrap', it will tell you you need to copy
/etc/hosts.


regards,
	junichi
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