[GH-ISSUE #33] Breaks Windows hosts file line length rules #16

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opened 2026-03-02 05:09:13 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-02 05:09:13 +03:00

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Originally created by @ethanclevenger91 on GitHub (Dec 7, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/goodhosts/cli/issues/33

Per https://github.com/goodhosts/vagrant/issues/28, Windows only supports 9 aliases per line in the hosts file. While the specifics of what Windows will or won't support don't seem to be super well documented, I also don't see explicit documented support for multiple aliases per line.

In my experience, too many entries on a single line does prevent aliases further down the line from working.

There may be a need to force each entry onto its own line.

Windows 10 Home, v21H1, OS build 19043.1387

Originally created by @ethanclevenger91 on GitHub (Dec 7, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/goodhosts/cli/issues/33 Per https://github.com/goodhosts/vagrant/issues/28, Windows only supports 9 aliases per line in the hosts file. While the specifics of what Windows will or won't support don't seem to be super well documented, I also don't see explicit documented support for multiple aliases per line. In my experience, too many entries on a single line _does_ prevent aliases further down the line from working. There may be a need to force each entry onto its own line. Windows 10 Home, v21H1, OS build 19043.1387

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@luthermonson commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021):

We did a bit of that work here: https://github.com/goodhosts/hostsfile/issues/18

We added https://github.com/goodhosts/cli/blob/main/cmd/clean.go#L46 this so you can do a goodhosts clean --hosts-per-line 1 after you write the hosts file. Does that solve your issues? We could set the default to 1 but we all agreed on 9 for the time being.

@luthermonson commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021): We did a bit of that work here: https://github.com/goodhosts/hostsfile/issues/18 We added https://github.com/goodhosts/cli/blob/main/cmd/clean.go#L46 this so you can do a `goodhosts clean --hosts-per-line 1` after you write the hosts file. Does that solve your issues? We could set the default to 1 but we all agreed on 9 for the time being.

kerem commented

2026-03-02 05:09:14 +03:00

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@ethanclevenger91 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2021):

The context in which I'm using goodhosts is the vagrant plugin, which is not defaulting to 9 at this time (1.1.1) and does not have a config option for hosts per line.

@ethanclevenger91 commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2021): The context in which I'm using goodhosts is the vagrant plugin, which is not defaulting to 9 at this time (1.1.1) and does not have [a config option for hosts per line](https://github.com/goodhosts/vagrant/blob/main/lib/vagrant-goodhosts/config.rb).

kerem commented

2026-03-02 05:09:14 +03:00

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@luthermonson commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2021):

https://github.com/goodhosts/vagrant/releases/tag/1.1.2 this should do it for you, closing the issue for now but feel free to reopen if it doesnt do what you need

@luthermonson commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2021): https://github.com/goodhosts/vagrant/releases/tag/1.1.2 this should do it for you, closing the issue for now but feel free to reopen if it doesnt do what you need

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