GNU bug report logs - #18142
Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname (/etc/hosts)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Petr Hracek <phracek <at> redhat.com>

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:23:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 18607

Found in version 24.3.93

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

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From: Petr Hracek <phracek <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname (/etc/hosts)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:21:51 +0200

Dear emacs users/developers,

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923418

I have a question. I know that emacs does not modify hostname.
That's correct.

But my question is whether emacs can check validity of hostname during start
and in case of failure inform user that hostname is wrong.

Greetings

-- 
Best regards / S pozdravem
Petr Hracek
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Petr Hracek <phracek <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 18142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18142: Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname
 (/etc/hosts)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:06:31 -0400

Petr Hracek wrote:

> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923418
>
> I have a question. I know that emacs does not modify hostname.
> That's correct.
>
> But my question is whether emacs can check validity of hostname during start
> and in case of failure inform user that hostname is wrong.

There's been an etc/PROBLEMS entry about this for at least a decade, so
my guess is: no.
Set bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923418'. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:07:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Petr Hracek <phracek <at> redhat.com>, 18142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18142: Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname
 (/etc/hosts)
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:07:26 -0400

>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923418
>> I have a question. I know that emacs does not modify hostname.
>> That's correct.
>> But my question is whether emacs can check validity of hostname during start
>> and in case of failure inform user that hostname is wrong.
> There's been an etc/PROBLEMS entry about this for at least a decade, so
> my guess is: no.

Tho, maybe we could add code that (heuristically) detects when we get
a timeout, and then emits a message pointing to the likely culprit.


        Stefan
Forcibly Merged 18142 18607. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 18607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr> Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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