The documented syntax of /etc/host.conf, per the host.conf(5) manpage, is to use a comma-separated list of keywords. It sounds like you were using some other software that parses this file incorrectly.
Nothing to fix in base-files.
The documented syntax of /etc/host.conf, per the host.conf(5) manpage, is to use a comma-separated list of keywords. It sounds like you were using some other software that parses this file incorrectly.
Nothing to fix in base-files.