From abfa34b413e5f248e47dd83c95dff71037a3fc50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krejzi <krejzi@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:39:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add IPv6 loopback interface to /etc/hosts.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/systemd/BOOK@10593 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter07/network.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index 69bc96176..d863bec3e 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
 <literal># Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
 
 127.0.0.1 localhost
+::1       localhost
 <replaceable>&lt;192.168.0.2&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
 
 # End /etc/hosts (network card version)</literal>
@@ -227,10 +228,13 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
 <literal># Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)
 
 127.0.0.1 <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> localhost
+::1       localhost
 
 # End /etc/hosts (no network card version)</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
+     <para>The ::1 entry is the IPv6 counterpart of 127.0.0.1 and represents the IPv6 loopback interface.</para>
+
    </sect2>
 
 </sect1>