[rhelv6-list] How to get rid IPv6 address for localhost in /etc/hosts

[Stromas, Aaron]

Greetings,

On reboot an IPv6 address for the localhost is added to the /etc/hosts:

::1 <hostname>.<domain> <hostname> localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6

The problem is that I have a system started from /etc/init.d/ which fails resolving the IPv6 address of the localhost.
I have already disabled IPv6 following https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv6-list/2011-March/msg00021.html.

I tried a little trick copying replacing the /etc/hosts file from /etc/init.d/network which works when I restart network
Service using "service network restart" but after each reboot the blasted line reappears in /etc/hosts.

Can anyone offer a real solution? TIA

Best regards,

-aaron

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