Long lines in /etc/hosts breaks getent ahostsv4/ahostsv6
Issue
- When the /etc/hosts file has a line longer than 1029 characters getent ahostsv4 and ahostsv6 will stop working. This happens even if it's a commented line.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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