From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 18142@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18142: Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname (/etc/hosts)
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:07:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvegwtmtt8.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3e8unbyak8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:06:31 -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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-06 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-29 7:21 bug#18142: Emacs starts slowly in case of wrong hostname (/etc/hosts) Petr Hracek
2014-07-30 0:06 ` Glenn Morris
2014-08-06 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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