openrc overwrites /etc/hosts on each reboot?

Januszzz

Hi, I upgraded to openrc-0.4.1-r1, sysvinit-2.86-r10 and udev-130.

All is fine now except /etc/hosts.

Each reboot I got my /etc/hosts overwritten in some way: when I put lines at the end of the file, I lost them on reboot, if I put entries in the middle - all is ok.

Which function of openrc does this and where to turn of the buggy feature?

PS. Although all was fine, I had to advise openrc to not start an ununsed interface with dhcp - it messes all networking so be warned.

UberLord · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:01 am Post subject:

OpenRC does not touch /etc/hosts in any way or form
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Use dhcpcd for all your automated network configuration needs
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Januszzz · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:23 am Post subject:

Thank you, so what the f does touch, maybe udev?

I'm confused.

i92guboj · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:45 am Post subject:

I am not sure what would cause this. But some things you can check are these:

have you added/modified manually any script under /etc/init.d?
have you inserted stuff in /etc/conf.d/local.start/stop?
you could try chmod'ing -w /etc/hosts, maybe the responsible script will fail at boot time giving you some hint on where to look...

Januszzz · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

# have you added/modified manually any script under /etc/init.d?
# have you inserted stuff in /etc/conf.d/local.start/stop?

No, of course I didn't.

# you could try chmod'ing -w /etc/hosts, maybe the responsible script will fail at boot time giving you some hint on where to look...

I went harder and did chattr +i on the file. Nothing breaks (at least I cannot see during startup, its VE I'm saying again; rc-status shows all ok).

But what surprises me - its part of /etc/hosts file now: