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-version 1.8, 2009/07/03 22:32:55
+version 1.9, 2013/11/24 07:20:01
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  #       $NetBSD$
  #
- # Host Database
+ # Host name database.
- # This file should contain the addresses and aliases
- # for local hosts that share this file.
- # It is used only for "ifconfig" and other operations
- # before the nameserver is started.
  #
+ # This file contains addresses and aliases for local hosts whose names
+ # need to be resolvable during system boot; typically this includes only
+ # the address and FQDN for this machine's hostname.
+ #
+ # By default this file is consulted before DNS, so adding additional
+ # material here that then becomes out of date can lead to confusion.
+ # See nsswitch.conf(5).
  #
  ::1                     localhost localhost.
 .0.0.1               localhost localhost.