Re: BUG #15300: "do you want the application "postgres" to acceptincoming network connections" dialog box madness

> On Jul 26, 2018, at 16:48, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> I still have no idea *why* the fe80::1%lo0 line is in there, or whether
> there's any downside to taking it out.  File dates on my own Macs suggest
> that maybe Apple shipped some OSX versions years ago that had it in there
> by default, and that newer versions don't have it, but system upgrades
> don't replace the file if it's already present.

That seems to be correct.  I'm on Sierra on a system that's been upgraded and System Migrated since 10.4, and have
neverinstalled Unreal Engine, and it's present in my /etc/hosts file. 

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