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  1. Bug #195308
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Comment 21 for bug 195308

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James Westby (james-w) wrote : Re: [Bug 195308] Re: unable to resolve host

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 22:59 +0000, Franzmaximilian wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 32906 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32906
>
> Remember, this bug report is a duplicate. Comment here only if you
> think the duplicate status is wrong.
>
> The above line is foolish I guess. The other bug (#32906) is from 2006 while this one only appears when one upgrades from 7.10 to 8.04
> I never experienced any trouble with my /etc/hosts file since 6.10 Now, as soon as i reboot after upgarde it comes out that my /etc/hosts file has been incorrectly modified. THIS IS AN UPGRADE BUG.
>

That line appears to be correct to me, the bug is marked as a duplicate.
It is telling you to comment here if you think this bug is not
a duplicate, which it appears you do.

Note that when the bug this is marked a duplicate of is fixed it should
allow you to at least use sudo, which is very important. We are aware
that some upgrades cause the /etc/hosts file to become incorrect,
however I have not seen any explanations of what could be causing
that, if you have one that would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime
making sudo usable for people hit by this is a very important thing
to do.

Thanks,

James