Bug 220744 - Matlab's license manager fails to start with the new /etc/hosts default
Summary: Matlab's license manager fails to start with the new /etc/hosts default
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iproute
Version: 6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Radek Vokál
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-25 15:33 UTC by yuval aviel
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-12-26 19:15:49 UTC
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Description yuval aviel 2006-12-25 15:33:41 UTC 
Description of problem:
The new /etc/hosts default line is:
::1 localhost.localdomain
The old /etc/hosts default line is:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain

When installing the popular Matlab software, it fails to start due that 
change.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I am not sure about the component.

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install Matlab
2. start Flexlm by /usr/local/matlab/etc/lmstart
3.
  
Actual results:
can't open tcp port

Expected results:
OK

Additional info:
Comment 1 Radek Vokál 2006-12-26 19:15:49 UTC 
This is Matlab issue, not iproute. The default /etc/hosts file has changed, now
it contains the IPv6 and IPv4 address for localhoast and Matlab cannot handle it
as it should. Please report this bug to Matlab developers.
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