Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] /etc/hosts and the parade

[Ross Golder <rossigee bigfoot com>]

Jacob Ulysses Berkman wrote:
> 
> Can the backend people get the /etc/hosts parsing to accept lines that
> are valid hosts lines except that they are commented out?
> 

Presumably, you wish to retain comments in your hosts file between
parses/writes from the backend. I agree, I have a comment lines in my
hosts file I would prefer not to lose. Perhaps a <comment> element
should be included somehow.

--
Ross

> Like these:
> 
> #209.116.70.70  cvs.gnome.org
> #209.116.70.71  mail.gnome.org
> 
> (Hmm, was this worded really poorly?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Jacob
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> 
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Ross

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