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27.0.50; When the computer has no network connection, Emacs can take minutes to start

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Message #17 received at 31167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 31167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31167: 27.0.50; When the computer has no network connection,
 Emacs can take minutes to start
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:25:34 -0700

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> According to this message from 2014 [1] it was resolved, and the
> etc/PROBLEMS entry was removed.  But the entry is still there in current master.

That's due to a botched merge of etc/PROBLEMS in March 2015. Thanks for 
mentioning it. I installed the attached patch into master to fix it.

> I remember running into this a couple of weeks ago on a Debian
> jessie system, and the Emacs there is...  let's see...  25.1.1.  That's
> after 2014

Yes, the problem that I fixed in 2014 should not be present in Emacs 
25.1. Of course there could be some other problem with similar symptoms. 
I can't reproduce the symptoms, though. I tried running Emacs master on 
Fedora 27 with networking disabled (using Gnome's "Wired Connected > 
Turn Off" UI), and Emacs started up fine.

[0001-Fix-botched-merge-of-FQDNs-in-PROBLEMS.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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