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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 18142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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
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